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2005.05.20(Review of 2004.03.17 edition)

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Remember the pie we baked yesterday? Well, imagine a particularly clever or aggressive boy who somehow manages to grab most or all of the pie, leaving little or nothing for the others. Today we'll show you how to talk about such a feat in the business world!

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CORNER THE MARKET   市場を独占する

Explanation

  • To corner the market for a product is to control so much of the available supply of a product that you're able to control its selling price.
  • ある商品について corner the market と言うと、市場において商品の供給量の大部分を支配しているために、商品の販売価格をも支配出来てしまう、という意味になります。

examples

  1. If we can obtain an exclusive patent for this device, we can corner the market for the next twenty years!
  2. Hydro Beverages has really cornered the market in this city. There seems to be a Hydro vending machine on just about every city block.
  3. By reaching agreements with certain coffee bean growers in Jamaica, we succeeded in cornering the market in Purple Mountain coffee.
  4. The region's turquoise miners have formed a cartel in an attempt to corner the market for the precious stones.

英会話レッスンIt's been fun! Have a great weekend!