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Control Of A Market By A Few Firms Crossword Clue

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199%9Exact Match!
242%13Market structure characterized by a few large firms
339%13 In the field of economics, it describes a market structure with multiple firms each having a non-zero market share

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We think the answer is "OLIGOPOLY" which means:

    noun
  • • (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The airline industry is an oligopoly with just a few major players dominating the market."
  • • "The telecommunications market is characterized by an oligopoly, with a handful of providers controlling the majority of the market share."

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