| 单词 | to engross the market |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto engross the market c. to engross the market: to buy up the entire stock of a commodity in order to sell it at an increased price. Cf. engross v. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade in (goods) illegally or immorally [verb (transitive)] > buy up (goods) for resale or monopoly engrossa1400 forestall14.. grossc1440 regrate1444 badge1552 to engross the market1804 pinhook1885 1804 H. T. Colebrooke Remarks Husbandry & Commerce Bengal (new ed.) v. 154 From this country [sc. India]..Europe was antiently supplied with it [sc. indigo], until the produce of America engrossed the market. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 379 Edicts..against engrossing the market, i.e., buying up the stock of any commodity in order to sell it again at an enhanced price. 1904 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 39 187 Wealthy companies and large corporations..have the means..to exclude rivalry, monopolize business and engross the market. 1968 Amer. Hist. Rev. 74 45 By invading established channels of legal distribution, the illicit trader was able to engross a large share of the market. < as lemmas |
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