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cartel Noun an association of competing firms formed in order to fix prices [German Kartell] Cartel political or economic combination between parties or business organizations; hence, the parties themselves. See also combine, syndicate. An association of independent businesses organized to control prices and production, eliminate competition, and reduce the cost of doing business. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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``It is a formal letter of defiance,'' answered the Templar; ``but, by our Lady of Bethlehem, if it be not a foolish jest, it is the most extraordinary cartel that ever was sent across the drawbridge of a baronial castle. Indignant as he was at this impertinence, there was something so exquisitely absurd in such a cartel of defiance, that Nicholas was obliged to bite his lip and read the note over two or three times before he could muster sufficient gravity and sternness to address the hostile messenger, who had not taken his eyes from the ceiling, nor altered the expression of his face in the slightest degree. I would have you bear this in mind, and give great heed to it that you may bring me word of all cartels, challenges, wrongs, tyrannies, infamies, and wronging of damsels. |
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