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2005.11.04(Review of 2004.11.09 edition)
Welcome to the Friday edition of WordMaster@Work! Today let's look at a group of companies who have found that cooperating with the competition makes a lot more sense - and dollars! - than doing battle with them!
CARTEL カルテル、企業連合
- A cartel is a group of companies or countries that work together to limit competition by controlling the supply and price of a product.
- cartel とは、供給と製品価格を操作することにより、競争を制限するために活動する企業や国の集団をさします。
- OPEC is a cartel of countries that produce and export oil.
- It has recently been discovered that a cartel of 16 hullnut* growers have been controlling the market price for the nut since 1997.
- In order to encourage free trade, many governments prosecute groups of companies that operate as cartels.
- * a fictional nut
Enjoy the weekend!