cartel

See also: cártel

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

In the business sense, a borrowing from German Kartell, first used by w:Eugen Richter in 1871 in the w:Reichstag. In the political sense, which was the vehicle for this metaphor, the English sense as the German sense is a sixteenth-century borrowing from French cartel, 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. A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
2. A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
3. 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, 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. 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. (nautical) A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.

Related 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
• 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

AnagramsEdit

• arclet, Claret, claret, rectal

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian cartello

NounEdit

cartel m (plural cartels)

1. A cartel

AnagramsEdit

• clarté
• rectal
• tacler

Further readingEdit

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

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowing from Occitan cartel.

NounEdit

cartel m (plural carteles)

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

Related termsEdit

• cartelera

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.