different between cartel vs oligarchy

English

Etymology

In the business sense, borrowed from German Kartell, first used by Eugen Richter in 1871 in the Reichstag. In the political sense, which was the vehicle for this metaphor, the English sense as the German sense was borrowed from French cartel in the sixteenth century, from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta (“card, page”), from Latin charta.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???t?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k???t?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

cartel (plural cartels)

2. (economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.

3. (historical, politics) A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
4. (historical) A written letter of defiance or challenge.
   • Xerxes whipped the Sea, and writ a cartell of defiance to the hill Athos.

5. (historical, law) An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
   • 1832, Washington Irving, Tales of the Alhambra

     He then sent down a flag of truce in military style, proposing a cartel or exchange of prisoners – the corporal for the notary.

6. (historical, nautical) A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.

Derived terms

• cartelize
• cartelization

Descendants

• ? Spanish: cártel

Translations

Further reading

• cartel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Claret, arclet, claret, lacert, rectal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta, from Latin carta. Related to English card.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?.t?l/

Noun

cartel m (plural cartels)

1. a cartel

Further reading

• “cartel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• clarté
• rectal
• tacler

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Romanian

Etymology

From French cartel.

Noun

cartel n (plural carteluri)

1. cartel

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka??tel/, [ka??t?el]
• Rhymes: -el

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan cartel or Catalan cartell.

Noun

cartel m (plural carteles)

1. poster, placard, bill, banner

   Coordinate terms: letrero, placa, señal

2. lineup, billing
3. the "now-showing" board in a cinema or playhouse

Derived terms

• pegacarteles

Related terms

• cartelera
• carta

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cartel, itself borrowed from German Kartell.

Noun

cartel m (plural carteles)

1. (Colombia) Alternative form of cártel

Further reading

• “cartel” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From French oligarchie, from Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (oligarkhía), from ?????? (olígos, “few”) + ???? (arkh?, “rule”).
Surface analysis: olig- (“few”) +? -archy (“rule”, “command”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l?????ki/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???l?????ki/, /?o?l?????ki/

Noun

oligarchy (plural oligarchies)

1. A government run by only a few, often the wealthy.
   • 2016 January 17, "Wealthy cabals run America," Al Jazeera America (retrieved 18 January 2016):

     The Itasca Project is just one example of existing oligarchy, and a surprisingly open one at that.

2. Those who make up an oligarchic government.
3. A state ruled by such a government.

Related terms

• oligarch
• oligarchic
• oligarchical

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