Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monopsonist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: monop-son-ist
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A single buyer who dominates a market.

Example Sentences

"The case of a monopsonist buying from a monopolist (usually called “bi-lateral monopoly”) is not discussed in this book."
"Amazon isn't the only monopsonist to take advantage of anticircumvention law to cement its dominance; Google and Facebook and Apple do the same thing."
"This policy combines a) replacing an oligopsony of school districts with a state monopsonist and b) an identical wage in each school district."

Etymology

From monopsony + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: monopsony

Inflected Forms

monopsonists (plural)

Antonyms

monopolist

Questions

What does monopsonist mean?: A single buyer who dominates a market.
Where does monopsonist come from?: From monopsony + -ist.

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