duopoly

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Etymology

By analogy with monopoly based on Ancient Greek δύο (duo, “two”) + πωλειν (pōlein, “to sell”).

Noun

duopoly (plural duopolies)

1. (economics) A market situation in which two companies exclusively provide a particular product or service.
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   • 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, the Guardian:

     In 2011, his spirit and body were shattered by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals. Last night, the stakes were just as high – even though the tournament is not out of the first week – because there is a creeping perception that the Federer-Nadal duopoly is slowly giving way under pressure from below.

Translations

market situation in which two companies exclusively provide a particular product or service

• Chinese: 

  Mandarin: 雙頭壟斷 (cmn), 双头垄断 (cmn) (shuāngtóu lǒngduàn)

• Finnish: duopoli (fi)
• French: duopole (fr) m

• German: Duopol (de) n
• Japanese: 複占 (ja) (ふくせん, fukusen)
• Khmer: ទោវិក្កយភាព (km) (to vi kai yak pheap)
• Russian: дуополия (ru) (duopólija) f

Derived terms

• duopolist, duopolistic, duopolistically