'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'

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