'Cartel' definitions:
Definition of 'cartel'
From: WordNet
noun
A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly" [syn: trust, corporate trust, combine, cartel]
Definition of 'Cartel'
From: GCIDE
- Cartel \Car"tel\, v. t. To defy or challenge. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- You shall cartel him. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cartel'
From: GCIDE
- Cartel \Car*tel"\, n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st Card.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. --Wilhelm. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cartel'
From: GCIDE
- Cartel \Car*tel"\, n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st Card.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. --Wilhelm. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cartel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- addition,
- affiliation,
- agglomeration,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- aktiebolag,
- Aktiengesellschaft,
- alliance,
- amalgamation,
- Anschluss,
- arrangement,
- assimilation,
- association,
- bargain,
- binding agreement,
- blend,
- blending,
- blow,
- body corporate,
- bond,
- business,
- business establishment,
- cabal,
- capitulation,
- centralization,
- chain,
- challenge,
- chamber of commerce,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- collective agreement,
- combination,
- combine,
- combo,
- commercial enterprise,
- compact,
- compagnie,
- company,
- composition,
- concern,
- concord,
- concordat,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- congeries,
- conglomerate,
- conglomerate corporation,
- conglomeration,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- consolidating company,
- consolidation,
- consortium,
- conspiracy,
- contract,
- convention,
- copartnership,
- corporate body,
- corporation,
- covenant,
- covenant of salt,
- dare,
- deal,
- defi,
- defy,
- dicker,
- diversified corporation,
- ecumenism,
- embodiment,
- employment contract,
- encompassment,
- enosis,
- entente,
- entente cordiale,
- enterprise,
- federalization,
- federation,
- firm,
- formal agreement,
- fusion,
- gage,
- gauntlet,
- glove,
- group,
- holding company,
- hookup,
- house,
- inclusion,
- incorporation,
- industry,
- integration,
- international agreement,
- ironclad agreement,
- joint-stock association,
- joint-stock company,
- junction,
- junta,
- league,
- legal agreement,
- legal contract,
- marriage,
- meld,
- melding,
- merger,
- multinational,
- mutual agreement,
- mutual-defense treaty,
- NATO,
- nonaggression pact,
- operating company,
- package,
- package deal,
- pact,
- paction,
- partnership,
- plunderbund,
- pool,
- promise,
- protocol,
- public utility,
- SEATO,
- slap,
- solidification,
- stipulation,
- stock company,
- stump,
- syncretism,
- syndicate,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- tie-up,
- trade association,
- transaction,
- treaty,
- trust,
- understanding,
- unification,
- union,
- union contract,
- utility,
- valid contract,
- wage contract,
- wedding