| Pronunciation: | | kâr'tel
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| Matching Terms: | | carte, carte blanche, carte de visite, carte du jour, carter, carter administration, cartesian, cartesian coordinate, cartesian coordinates, cartesian product, cartesianism
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| | Definition: | | [n] a consortium of companies formed to limit competition; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly" |
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| | Synonyms: | | combine, corporate trust, trust |
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| | See Also: | | consortium, pool, syndicate |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Car*tel"\, n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper,
dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st {Card}.]
1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange
of prisoners. --Wilhelm.
2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single
combat. [Obs.]
He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., --Sir W.
Scott.
{Cartel}, or {Cartel ship}, a ship employed in the exchange
of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a
ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.
\Car"tel\, v. t.
To defy or challenge. [Obs.]
You shall cartel him. --B. Jonson.
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