Modern examples of duopoly include the American markets for credit cards (Visa and MasterCard), smartphones (Apple and Google), soft drinks (Coca-Cola and Pepsi), and airplanes (Airbus and Boeing).
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Duopoly
//djuːˈɒpəli//
Synonyms for "duopoly" (2 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- احتكار ثنائي noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- duopoliya noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Basque
1 entries- duopolio noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дуопол noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
- дуополия noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Catalan
1 entries- duopoli noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 雙頭壟斷 /双头垄断 noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Danish
1 entries- duopol noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Finnish
3 entries- duopoli noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
- duopoli noun (domination of a field of endeavour by two entities or people)
- duopoli noun (situation in which two or more radio or television stations in the same city or community share common ownership)
French
1 entries- duopole noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Galician
1 entries- duopolio noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Georgian
1 entries- დუოპოლია noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
German
2 entries- Duopol noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
- Dyopol noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Greek
1 entries- δυοπώλιο noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Hebrew
1 entries- דואופול noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Hindi
1 entries- द्वयाधिकार noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Hungarian
1 entries- duopólium noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Indonesian
1 entries- duopoli noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Italian
1 entries- duopolio noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Japanese
1 entries- 複占 noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Kannada
1 entries- ದ್ವಿಸ್ವಾಮ್ಯ noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Kazakh
1 entries- дуополия noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Khmer
1 entries- ទោវិក្កយភាព noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Korean
1 entries- 복점 noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Macedonian
3 entries- ду́опол noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
- ду́опол noun (domination of a field of endeavour by two entities or people)
- ду́опол noun (situation in which two or more radio or television stations in the same city or community share common ownership)
Malay
1 entries- duopoli noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- duopol noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Persian
1 entries- انحصار دوگانه فروش noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Polish
1 entries- duopol noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Portuguese
1 entries- duopólio noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Romanian
1 entries- duopol noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Russian
1 entries- дуопо́лия noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dȕopol noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
- dȕopol noun (domination of a field of endeavour by two entities or people)
- dȕopol noun (situation in which two or more radio or television stations in the same city or community share common ownership)
- ду̏опол noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Spanish
1 entries- duopolio noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Swedish
1 entries- duopol noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Turkish
1 entries- düopol noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дуопо́лія noun (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)
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In 2011, his spirit and body were shattered by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals. Last night, the stakes were just as high – even though the tournament is not out of the first week – because there is a creeping perception that the [Roger] Federer–[Rafael] Nadal duopoly is slowly giving way under pressure from below.
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In Spain, Socialist and PP governments have alternated since the 1980s. This cosy duopoly was weakened by the long recession that followed the bursting of Spain’s housing bubble in 2007.
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And these industrial farms have concentrated into a series of duopolies. Google and Apple’s browsers have nearly 85% of the world market share. Microsoft and Apple’s two desktop operating systems have almost 90%. Google runs about 90% of global search. More than half of all phones come from Apple and Samsung, while 99% of mobile operating systems are from Google or Apple. Apple and Google’s email clients manage nearly 90% of global email. GoDaddy and Cloudflare serve about 50% of global domain name system requests. And so on.
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