cartel

See also: cártel

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

In the business sense, borrowed from German Kartell, first used by Eugen Richter in 1871 in the Reichstag. In the political sense, which was the vehicle for this metaphor, the English sense as the German sense was borrowed from French cartel in the sixteenth-century, from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta (“card, page”), from Latin charta.

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɑːˈtɛl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kɑɹˈtɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

NounEdit

cartel (plural cartels)

1. (economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.

   drug cartel

   car cartel

2. (historical, politics) A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
3. (historical) A written letter of defiance or challenge.
   • Sir Walter Scott

     He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel.

   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, printed at London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821:
     , Folio Society, 2006, p.22:

     Xerxes whipped the Sea, and writ a cartell of defiance to the hill Athos.

4. (historical, law) An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
   • 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:

     He then sent down a flag of truce in military style, proposing a cartel or exchange of prisoners – the corporal for the notary.

5. (historical, nautical) A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.

Derived termsEdit

• cartelize
• cartelization

TranslationsEdit

group of businesses or nations that collude to fix prices

• Bulgarian: картел (bg) m (kartel)
• Czech: kartel m
• Dutch: kartel (nl) n
• Finnish: kartelli (fi)
• French: cartel (fr) m
• German: Kartell (de) n
• Hebrew: קרטל‎‎ (he) m (kart'el)

• Icelandic: einokunarhringur m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kartell (no) n

  Nynorsk: kartell n

• Russian: карте́ль (ru) m (kartɛ́lʹ)
• Spanish: cártel (es)

combination of political groups

• Dutch: kartel (nl) n
• French: cartel (fr) m

• Russian: карте́ль (ru) m (kartɛ́lʹ)

written challenge or defiance

• Russian: карте́ль (ru) m (kartɛ́lʹ)

official agreement concerning exchange of prisoners

• Russian: карте́ль (ru) m (kartɛ́lʹ)

ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war

Further readingEdit

• cartel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

AnagramsEdit

• Claret, arclet, claret, lacert, rectal

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian cartello.

NounEdit

cartel m (plural cartels)

1. A cartel

Further readingEdit

• “cartel” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

AnagramsEdit

• clarté
• rectal
• tacler

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /karˈtel/, [karˈt̪el]
• Rhymes: -el

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Occitan cartel or Catalan cartell.

NounEdit

cartel m (plural carteles)

1. poster, placard, bill, banner
2. lineup, billing

Related termsEdit

• cartelera
• carta

See alsoEdit

• letrero
• placa
• señal

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

cartel m (plural carteles)

1. (Colombia) Alternative form of cártel

Further readingEdit

• “cartel” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.