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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A town whose residents are dependent on the economic support of a single firm for maintenance of retail stores, schools, hospitals, and housing.
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- noun idiomatic A town, city, or other
municipality in which a single large business has acontrolling influence over theeconomy and, sometimes, over thesocietal structure and localgovernment .
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