On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Monopsony. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as market or marketplace and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Monopsony in a sentence
Monopsony meaning
- A market situation in which there is only one buyer for a product.
- A buyer with disproportionate power.
Synonyms of Monopsony
Using Monopsony
- The main meaning on this page is: A market situation in which there is only one buyer for a product. | A buyer with disproportionate power.
- Useful related words include: market, marketplace.
- In the example corpus, monopsony often appears in combinations such as: monopsony power, and monopsony, is monopsony.
Context around Monopsony
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Monopsony
- In this selection, "monopsony" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, citation, power, control and main stand out and add context to how "monopsony" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also have monopsony control of and behavior citation monopsony when there. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "monopsony" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with monopsony
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What is a monopsony? (4 words)
Monopsony power is when bosses face little competition from other bosses for the labour they employ. (16 words)
The U.S. government is a monopsony for the contractors: the sole customer for their wares. (16 words)
A lawsuit was filed against the U.F.C.’s parent company in 2014 that accuses the company of having both an illegal monopoly and monopsony power, which is when a buyer of services faces little competition. (37 words)
A monopoly is distinguished from a monopsony, in which there is only one buyer of a product or service; a monopoly may also have monopsony control of a sector of a market. (32 words)
The idea of "monopsony," proposed by Cambridge economist Joan Robinson in 1933, that a single buyer could out-power the market of multiple sellers, became a strong anti-chain rhetorical device. (31 words)
What is a monopsony? (4 words)
Example sentences (10)
A monopoly is distinguished from a monopsony, in which there is only one buyer of a product or service; a monopoly may also have monopsony control of a sector of a market.
A lawsuit was filed against the U.F.C.’s parent company in 2014 that accuses the company of having both an illegal monopoly and monopsony power, which is when a buyer of services faces little competition.
Monopsony power is when bosses face little competition from other bosses for the labour they employ.
The U.S. government is a monopsony for the contractors: the sole customer for their wares.
Bell and Blanchflower also wonder whether monopsony power might have something to do with this as well.
What is a monopsony?
Game theory tends to govern duopoly and oligopoly behavior. citation * Monopsony, when there is only one buyer in a market.
Monopsony main Some labour markets have a single employer and thus do not satisfy the perfect competition assumption of the neoclassical model above.
The idea of "monopsony," proposed by Cambridge economist Joan Robinson in 1933, that a single buyer could out-power the market of multiple sellers, became a strong anti-chain rhetorical device.
The related terms oligopoly and monopsony are similar in meaning and this is the type of situation that antitrust laws are intended to eliminate.
Common combinations with monopsony
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- monopsony power 3×
- and monopsony 2×
- is monopsony 2×