All 3 Uses of
monopoly
in
Looking for Alaska
- Like you had some monopoly on liking her," Takumi answered.†
p. 185..0
- I stared at him for a moment, and then said, "I kissed her that night, and I've got a monopoly on that."†
p. 185..2 *
- "Well, my gut wants to know," Lara said, and only then did I realize what Takumi meant the day we'd showered together—I may have kissed her, but I really didn't have a monopoly on Alaska; the Colonel and I weren't the only ones who cared about her, and weren't alone in trying to figure out how she died and why.†
p. 195..2
Definition:
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(monopoly) the only supplier of a good or service; or a market with only one supplier