Dictionary

duopoly en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /djuːˈɒpəli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /duː-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio
• /duˈɑpəli/ (General-American)

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From duo- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + -poly (suffix meaning ‘pertaining to the number of sellers in a market’), by analogy with monopoly.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An economic condition in which two sellers exert most control over the market of a commodity.
   • 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).
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The domination of a field of endeavour by two entities or people.
   • 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. 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2016:
   • First past the post voting has long maintained American politics as an effective duopoly where power simply alternates between two main parties.
   • 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. 2024 May 4, John Naughton, “The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding”, in The Guardian:
   • 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. 2018 February 10, “Spain’s centrist Ciudadanos are on the march”, in The Economist, London: Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 May 2018:
3. (broadly, countable, uncountable) A situation in which two or more radio or television stations in the same city or community share common ownership.

Forms

Coordinates

quadropoly · monopoly · polypoly · oligopoly · quintopoly · triopoly · duopsony

Deriveds

duopolistically · duopolism · duopolistic · duopolist

Hyponyms

two-party system · two-partyism

Relateds

duarchy

Synonyms

twinstick

Translations (47)

kk дуополия (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · ar احتكار ثنائي (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · pt duopólio (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · de Dyopol (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · ka დუოპოლია (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · mk ду́опол (domination of a field of endeavour by two entities or people) · az duopoliya (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · ca duopoli (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · sv duopol (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · kn ದ್ವಿಸ್ವಾಮ್ಯ (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · he דואופול (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · hi द्वयाधिकार (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · sh ду̏опол (domination of a field of endeavour by two entities or people) · ru дуопо́лия (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · mk ду́опол (situation in which two or more radio or television stations in the same city or community share common ownership) · cmn 雙頭壟斷 /双头垄断 (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · fa انحصار دوگانه فروش (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · da duopol (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · es duopolio (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · id duopoli (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · uk дуопо́лія (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · mk ду́опол (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · ko 복점 (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · sh dȕopol (situation in which two or more radio or television stations in the same city or community share common ownership) · it duopolio (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · sh dȕopol (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · ms duopoli (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · bg дуопол (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · eu duopolio (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · bg дуополия (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · de Duopol (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · km ទោវិក្កយភាព (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · fi duopoli (situation in which two or more radio or television stations in the same city or community share common ownership) · fi duopoli (domination of a field of endeavour by two entities or people) · hu duopólium (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · gl duopolio (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · sh ду̏опол (situation in which two or more radio or television stations in the same city or community share common ownership) · tr düopol (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · pl duopol (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · ro duopol (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · el δυοπώλιο (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · sh dȕopol (domination of a field of endeavour by two entities or people) · fr duopole (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · nb duopol (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · sh ду̏опол (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · ja 複占 (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity) · fi duopoli (economic condition in which two sellers exert (most of the) control over the market of a commodity)

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