单词 | cartel |
释义 | cartel (kɑːʳtel ) Word forms: cartels countable noun A cartel is an association of similar companies or businesses that have grouped together in order to prevent competition and to control prices. [business] ...a drug cartel. Collocations: cartel member A cartel member chosen to lose a contract might agree to submit a high bid; another might abstain or withdraw its bid from the tendering process. Times, Sunday Times The switchgear suppliers informed each other of tender offers by customers, and co-ordinated bids to ensure that business was won in line with a quota for each cartel member. Times, Sunday Times This has already persuaded more than ten companies to give evidence against fellow cartel members. Times, Sunday Times Young cartel members brought up on social media may find such shows of bravado irresistible, but it can be their downfall. Times, Sunday Times The approach has been hugely successful, persuading about 200 cartel members to apply for leniency since the 2002 reforms. Times, Sunday Times Nowadays, this would be considered a criminal cartel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The globalisation of criminal cartels threatens the rule of law. Times, Sunday Times But it speaks to the underlying anxiety of an island being swamped by criminal cartels bringing in boatloads of illegal immigrants. Globe and Mail Even while in jail, he remains the leader of his gang, which was once one of the country's most feared and violent criminal cartels. Times, Sunday Times In multiplayer mode it pits four players as criminal cartels in a race to gain money and turf. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Any attempt to agree specific limits or boundaries could lead to allegations that the banks were forming a cartel on bankers' pay. Times, Sunday Times They haven't formed a cartel. Times, Sunday Times Instead of forming a cartel, businesses could simply merge into one entity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He formed a cartel to control global business with carbon disulphide. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 卡特尔 Japanese: カルテル |
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