car|tel

car|tel
car|tel «kahr TEHL, KAHR tuhl», noun.
1. a large group of business firms that agree to operate as a monopoly, especially to regulate prices and production: »

The methodical Swiss, who think that there is a place for everything, staunchly believe that the place for industry is in cartels (Time).

 SYNONYM(S): syndicate, combine.
2. a written agreement between countries at war for the exchange of prisoners or some other purpose.
3. a) a written challenge to a duel. b) a letter of defiance.
4. Also, Cartel. (in France and Belgium) a political group with a common cause or object; a bloc.
5. Rare. a paper or card bearing writing or printing.
╂[< Middle French cartel < Italian cartello little card < carta card < Latin charta]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • car|tel|ism — «kahr TEHL ihz uhm, KAHR tuh lihz », noun. the principles and practices of a business cartel: »The Group has strengthened itself for the vigors of new competition by casting off the remnants of cartelism long European business favorite form of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Car tel est notre bon plaisir — Car tel est notre bon plaisir, s. Tel est notre bon plaisir …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Car tel est notre bon plaisir — (frz.), denn das ist unser gnädiger Wille; seit Franz I. Schlußformel der Verordnungen der franz. Könige …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Car tel est notre plaisir — ● Car tel est notre plaisir formule fixée par Louis XI (décret du 31 octobre 1472) et apposée au bas des actes royaux pour affirmer le pouvoir absolu du roi …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • car tel est notre \(bon\) plaisir —   [kar tɛlɛ nɔtr (bɔ̃) plɛ ziːr; französisch »denn das ist unser Belieben« (»unser gnädigster Wille«)], Schlussformel der Verordnungen der französischen Könige, 1472 durch Ludwig XI. offiziell eingeführt, auch von Napoleon I. gebraucht …   Universal-Lexikon

  • car·tel — /kɑɚˈtɛl/ noun, pl tels [count] : a group of businesses that agree to fix prices so they all will make more money an illegal drug cartel …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|car´tel|iz´er — de|car|tel|ize «dee KAHR tuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to dissolve a cartel or cartels in (a business or industry). –de|car´tel|iz´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|car|tel|ize — «dee KAHR tuh lyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to dissolve a cartel or cartels in (a business or industry). –de|car´tel|iz´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|car|tel|ise — «dee KAHR tuh lyz», transitive verb, ised, is|ing. Especially British. decartelize …   Useful english dictionary

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