Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stock-market condition wherein two rival buyers exert a controlling influence on numerous sellers.
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- noun An economic condition in which a two number of
buyers exert control over the marketprice of a commodity.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[duo– + Greek opsōniā, purchasing of provisions (from opsōnein, to buy food : opson, cooked food; see epi in Indo-European roots + ōnē, buying, from ōneisthai, to buy; see wes- in Indo-European roots).]
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By analogy with monopsony based on Greek δυο (dyo, "two") + ὀψωνία (opsōnia, "purchase").
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reesetee commented on the word duopsony
A stock-market condition wherein two rival buyers exert a controlling influence on numerous sellers.
Or a badly named doowop group. ;->
August 7, 2007