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- proper noun A
board game in which players use play money to buy and tradeproperties , with the objective of forcingopponents intobankruptcy .
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Examples
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Charles B. Darrow of Germantown, Pennsylvania showed, what he called the Monopoly game, to the executives at Parker Brothers in 1934.
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They also saw the beginings of a new form of Capitalism; Fordist rproduction financed by Banks which we call Monopoly Capitalism.
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Crazily enough, "Monopoly" is one of several Hasbro games being adapted by Universal.
Ridley Scott Passes Go, Collects $200 To Direct ‘Monopoly’ » MTV Movies Blog 2008
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The new restriction against American importation of drugs from these discount Wholesalers, simply states the Drug companies are legally entitled to maintain Monopoly pricing in the American market.
Predicting Drug Price Controls, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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 Monopoly is the single most played commercial board game in the world.
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If Monopoly is protected (political) speech, then so is Half-Life.
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You mean you can't just print up trillions in Monopoly Money and everything will turn out just hunky-dory?
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It's kind of like in Monopoly, when you go past 'Go.'
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Want everyone at your gathering to play, think Monopoly is too slow?
Nightmare Pewter | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009
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Posted in Monopoly board game, international edition, montreal.
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