oligopsony en · NOUN
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀλίγοι (olígoi, “few”) + ὀψωνία (opsōnía, “purchase”).
Meanings
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An economic condition in which a small number of buyers exert control over the market price of a commodity.
This policy combines a) replacing an oligopsony of school districts with a state monopsonist and b) an identical wage in each school district.
2026 July 14, Tirza J. Angerhofer, Allan Collard-Wexler, Matthew C. Weinberg, “Oligopsony and Collective Bargaining”, in NBER Working Paper Series, number 35476, page 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| oligopsonies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
oligopoly · oligopsonistically · oligopsonistic · oligopsonist · monopsony