All 7 Uses of
monopoly
in
The Fountainhead
- Toohey acquired a reputation and an unofficial monopoly.†
Chpt 2.9 *
- The Wynand papers stood against Privilege and for the Common Man, but in a respectable manner that could shock nobody; they exposed monopolies, when they wished; they supported strikes, when they wished, and vice versa.†
Chpt 2.9
- Do you think integrity is the monopoly of the artist?†
Chpt 2.10
- There were distinguished men and well-dressed, tight-lipped women; each woman seemed to feel an exclusive proprietorship of the art practiced by her escort, a monopoly guarded by resentful glances at the others.†
Chpt 2.12
- It exposed politicians—one step ahead of the Grand Jury; it attacked monopolies—in the name of the downtrodden; it mocked the rich and the successful—in the manner of those who could never be either.†
Chpt 3.1
- He staged a crusade against a shady streetcar monopoly and caused it to lose its franchise; the franchise was granted to a shadier group, controlled by Gail Wynand.†
Chpt 3.1
- "Look at Gordon Prescott," said Neil Dumont, "and what a sweet little monopoly he's got himself in housing projects and post offices.†
Chpt 4.7
Definition:
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(monopoly) the only supplier of a good or service; or a market with only one supplier