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Definition monopsony in American English

monopsony noun

noun
1

a situation in a market where there is only one buyer but several sellers

Example

In this way ... Apple has become not a monopoly (a single seller), but a monopsony - the one buyer that can control an entire market.

Definition monopsony in American English