carteln.
/ˈkɑːtl/, U.S. /ˈkɑrd(ə)l/ (in senses 3c, 3d)Brit. /kɑːˈtɛl/, U.S. /kɑrˈtɛl/ 1. A written challenge, a letter of defiance.
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society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to > letter of challenge
cartel1560
1560 Sir T. Chaloner Let. 15 Jan. in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. VI. 313 Our professed enemies..instead of cartels of defiance, will send us solemn letters of congratulation.
1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) i. v, in Wks. I. 17 I should send him a chartel, presently.
1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Dying iii. §8 Xerxes..sent a chartel of Defiance against the Mount Athos.
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. v. 302 He..sent back the herald with a cartel of defiance.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 357 To the unknown libeller.., Sir Philip Sidney,..designed to send a cartel of defiance.
1880 S. Cox Comm. Job 213 Job breaks out into this brief cartel of defiance.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > a libel
libel1521
cartel1590
word1684
scandal1838
1590 J. Davidson Reply to Bancroft in Wodrow Soc. Misc. 516 That calumnious chartale, fraughted with as many lies almost as it hath lines.
1600 M. Sutcliffe Briefe Replie to Libel Ep. Ded. sig. A4 One of your friends doth only terme it a chartell or libell.
3.
a. A written agreement relating to the exchange or ransom of prisoners, etc.; such exchange itself.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > agreement for exchange of prisoners
cartel1696
1696 R. Bentley Of Revel. & Messias 33 The agreements of the cartel do expire of their own accord, when the peace is concluded.
1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time anno 1659 (R.) By a cartel that had been settled between the two armies, all prisoners were to be redeemed at a set price.
1774 Westm. Mag. 2 483 A cartel being soon after established for the exchange of prisoners.
1809 Duke of Wellington Let. 21 Aug. in Dispatches (1838) V. 69 I shall endeavor to establish a cartel of exchange as soon as possible.
1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 184.
b. = cartel ship n. at Compounds: see quot. 1769.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > vessel used in exchanging prisoners
cartel ship1757
cartel1769
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Cartel, a ship commissioned in time of war to exchange the prisoners of any two hostile powers; also to carry any particular..proposal from one to another.
1795 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 38 Three Cartels are expected from Toulon with sick prisoners.
1813 Examiner 10 May 304/2 He was coming home in the cartel.
c. [After German kartell.] Originally in Germany: an agreement or association between two or more business houses for regulating output, fixing prices, etc.; also, the busineses thus combined; a trust or syndicate. Also attributive and transferred.
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society > trade and finance > trading organization > [noun]
common market1843
clique1855
syndicate1865
pool1868
ring1869
conference1894
cartel1902
holding company1906
price ring1914
trading bloc1922
club1950
society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > syndicate or cartel
trust1825
syndicate1865
cartel1902
pool1979
1902 Daily Chron. 24 May 6/3 He laid stress on the injury which would be done to the Indian industry if the country were flooded with ‘Cartel’ sugar.
1902 Polit. Sci. Q. 17 381 The cartel, or producers' syndicate.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 24 Nov. 10/1 The new cartel includes practically every important iron and steel interest in the Dual Monarchy.
1934 Punch 4 Apr. 377/1 The cartel of American lyrists has drawn up regulations forbidding the use of any adjective other than ‘swell’, ‘red-hot’ or ‘blue’.
1935 Economist 12 Jan. 68/2 The Vienna coal trade has arranged a cartel for house coal, and a 4 per cent. price rise has occurred.
1958 Times Rev. Industry Apr. 12/1 A powerful world cartel.., controlling about 95 per cent of world production, was formed to restore balance.
d. Historical. The coalition formed in 1887 between the Conservatives and the National Liberals in Germany to support each other's candidates, for the furtherance of Bismarck's military and imperial policy. Hence as a name for similar coalitions in other countries.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > German politics > [noun] > principles or policies > Bismarckism > coalition supporting
cartel1889
1889 Ann. Reg. 1888 270 On this occasion the German Unionists, or ‘Cartell party’, composed of the Conservatives and National Liberals, again spoke for the Government measure.
1918 C. G. Robertson Bismarck 453 The Chancellor's political cartel was complete; it consisted of the Conservatives, the old National Liberals, and the Centre; and the union gave him a decisive and obedient majority.
1919 A. W. Ward Germany 1815–90 III. 125 The entire Cartel, this time with the Centre, agreed to proceed with the loan.
1926 Encycl. Brit. II. 94/1 The Radicals, Radical-Socialists and Socialists formed a Cartel [France, 1924].
1927 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 154 Hence an electoral cartel was inevitable, and to this the Transylvanians and Tsaranists consented.
1928 Daily Tel. 21 Aug. 8/3 The ‘cartel’ of Republican parties formed by him [sc. M. Veniselos].
1959 B. North & R. North tr. M. Duverger Polit. Parties (ed. 2) ii. i. 231 The Left-wing Cartel, the Popular Front, and so on.
1959 B. North & R. North tr. M. Duverger Polit. Parties (ed. 2) ii. ii. 326 The Cartel..which won the 1887 elections and lost the 1890 one.
4. gen. A paper or card, bearing writing or printing; a tablet.
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society > communication > writing > written text > writing on specific things > [noun] > on paper
chartera1382
paper1389
shed1510
schede1566
cartel1693
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. viii. 68 Covering them with Husks..Films, Cartels, Shells..Rinds.
1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vi. 124 He ordered a cartel with some Greek verses..to be affixed to the frame [of a portrait].
1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 324 Wipe such visionings From the Fancy's cartel.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. xiii. 584 To send in a cartel or report of the number of knights' fees.
Compounds
cartel ship n. a ship employed in exchanging prisoners; see 3a, 3b.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > vessel used in exchanging prisoners
cartel ship1757
cartel1769
1757 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) II. 425 Some hundred English, who had been prisoners in France, were landed at Penzance, by a cartel ship.
1826 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law I. iii. 65 The same interdiction of trade applies to ships of truce, or cartel ships.
cartel clock n. (see quots.).
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock
watch-clock1592
German clock1598
quarter clocka1631
wheel-clock1671
table clocka1684
month clock1712
astronomical clock1719
musical clock1721
repeater1725
Tompion1727
pulling clock1733
regulator1735
eight-day clock1741
regulator clock1750
French clock1757
repetition clock1765
day clock1766
striker1778
chiming clock1789
cuckoo-clock1789
night clock1823
telltale1827
carriage clock1828
fly-clock1830
steeple clock1830
telltale clock1832
skeleton clock1842
telegraph clock1842
star clock1850
weight-clock1850
prison clock1853
crystal clock1854
pillar scroll top clock1860
sheep's-head clock1872
presentation clock1875
pillar clock1880
stop-clock1881
Waterbury1882
calendar-clock1884
ting-tang clock1884
birdcage clock1886
sheep's head1887
perpetual calendar1892
bracket clock1894
Act of Parliament clock1899
cartel clock1899
banjo-clock1903
master clock1904
lantern clock1913
time clock1919
evolutionary clock1922
lancet clock1922
atomic clock1927
quartz clock1934
clock radio1946
real-time clock1953
organ clock1956
molecular clock1974
travelling clock2014
1899 F. J. Britten Old Clocks & Watches 275 Hanging or ‘Cartel’ Clocks of Louis XV period were usually of metal thickly gilt and graceful in form.
1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 57/1 Cartel clock, a mural clock, usually of somewhat flamboyant design... English are usually of carved wood, whereas the French are usually of cast brass or bronze and gilt.
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society > armed hostility > [verb (transitive)] > challenge to hostilities > serve with letter of challenge
cartel1616
1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) i. v, in Wks. I. 17 Come hither. You shall chartel him.
ˈcartelism n. (also 'cartellism) the system of cartels, cartelization.
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society > trade and finance > trading organization > [noun] > system of
cartelism1926
society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > syndicate or cartel > system of
cartelism1926
1926 Glasgow Herald 4 Jan. 7 The leading exponent of Cartellism.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > single combat or duel > challenge to > one who challenges
challenger1511
carteller1611
cartelista1679
a1679 Earl of Orrery Guzman (1693) iii The Mode of fighting Duels with single Rapier, which..has been call'd, by the Cartelists, à la Bouteville.
carteliˈzation n. (also cartelli'zation) the formation of or into cartels.
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society > trade and finance > trading organization > [noun] > system of > formation of
cartelization1923
society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > formation of company > of trust, syndicate, or cartel
syndicating1886
syndication1887
trustification1895
cartelization1923
1923 Contemp. Rev. June 716 Hitherto textiles were not regarded as favourable fields for cartelisation.
1927 F. S. Browne tr. R. Liefmann Internat. Cartels 98 Baron Tibbaut (Belgium) believed that cartellization spelled the death of ‘protectionism’.
1955 Times 4 July 9/7 Whereas only lately, at the request of the Allies, decartelization in Germany was the order of the day, it is now again cartelization.
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ˈcartelize v. (also 'cartellize) (transitive and intransitive) to form (into) a cartel.
cartelized adj. (also cartellized)
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1927 F. S. Browne tr. R. Liefmann Internat. Cartels 101 In the face of a cartellized industry, strong organization of the consumers..was necessary.
1961 Economist 25 Nov. 819/2 This [air travel], the most highly-cartelised industry in the world.
cartelizing n. (also cartellizing)
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1935 Economist 6 Apr. 779/1 The Conservative advocates of the cartelising policy known euphemistically as ‘Self-government for Industry’.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > single combat or duel > challenge to > one who challenges
challenger1511
carteller1611
cartelista1679
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Cartellante, a challenger, a carteller.
ˈcartelling n. making of cartels, exchanging of prisoners.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > agreement for exchange of prisoners > making of
cartelling1865
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xix. ix. 628 No more exchanging or cartelling.
ˈcartellist n. (also 'cartelist) a member or supporter of a cartel.
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society > trade and finance > trading organization > [noun] > member or former of
ringster1878
trust-maker1888
cartellist1925
1925 Glasgow Herald 16 Apr. 9 Passionate Cartelist though he is.
1929 Times 5 June 15/3 In the late Council Anti-Cartellists and Cartellists were exactly balanced.
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