oligopsonistn.
/ˌɒlᵻˈɡɒpsənɪst/, U.S. /ˌɑləˈɡɑps(ə)nəst/, /ˌoʊləˈɡɑps(ə)nəst/ Economics.
Each of a limited number of buyers for a particular product.
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society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] > oligopsonist or oligopolist
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > seller to very small market
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1942 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 8 112 Discrimination, then, should be profitable to a group of discriminating oligopsonists.
1961 N. F. Keiser Introd. Econ. v. 77 At one time the major cigarette manufacturers were oligopsonists in their purchases of tobacco.
1995 Econ. Jrnl. 105 142 Market power from unions or local oligopsonist might modify some of the results.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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