public monopoly
noun[CorU]
GOVERNMENT,ECONOMICSukus→state monopoly
Examplesofpublic monopoly
public monopoly
Liberalization of electricity tends to substantially benefit large consumers (mainly industrial users), but benefits for domestic consumers compared with apublicmonopolyor a regulated private monopoly are questionable.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This tendency was reinforced in 1939 when the government declared the gas supply a state-ownedpublicmonopoly.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The question is then whether a private monopoly operating in a partnership with the public sector is inherently worse than apublicmonopoly.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It would result in the dismantling of thepublicmonopoly, with the hiving off or privatization of the most profitable activities.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
There is one thing worse than apublicmonopoly, and that is a private monopoly.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Apublicmonopolycan simply do more than a private undertaking which is in competition with others.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I am not in favour of giving a private orpublicmonopolythat kind of power or influence over people's lives.
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It is not good enough simply to suggest a change from apublicmonopolyto a private monopoly.
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Is it any answer to a private monopoly to make it apublicmonopoly?
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Most responsible people would recognise that apublicmonopolyshould be subject to an element of public control.
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