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While monopoly originally referred to a single company having an overwhelming share of the market, its colloquial use refers to any company that has enough market share to abuse its position to harm customers. This is just because it's easier to convey the point by saying monopoly than deal with all the dumb questions that get brought up by using oligopoly.



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