The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 Dictionary Definition: Cartel \Car*tel"\, n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper,
dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st {Card}.]
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1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange
of prisoners. --Wilhelm.
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2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single
combat. [Obs.]
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He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., --Sir W.
Scott.
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{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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 Dictionary Definition: Cartel \Car*tel"\, n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper,
dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st {Card}.]
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1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange
of prisoners. --Wilhelm.
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2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single
combat. [Obs.]
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He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., --Sir W.
Scott.
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{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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 Dictionary Definition: Cartel \Car"tel\, v. t.
To defy or challenge. [Obs.]
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You shall cartel him. --B. Jonson.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 Dictionary Definition: 145 Moby Thesaurus words for "cartel":
Aktiengesellschaft, Anschluss, NATO, SEATO, accord, addition,
affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, aktiebolag,
alliance, amalgamation, arrangement, assimilation, association,
bargain, binding agreement, blend, blending, blow, body corporate,
bond, business, business establishment, cabal, capitulation,
centralization, chain, challenge, chamber of commerce, coalescence,
coalition, collective agreement, combination, combine, combo,
commercial enterprise, compact, compagnie, company, composition,
concern, concord, concordat, confederacy, confederation, congeries,
conglomerate, conglomerate corporation, conglomeration,
conjugation, conjunction, consolidating company, consolidation,
consortium, conspiracy, contract, convention, copartnership,
corporate body, corporation, covenant, covenant of salt, dare,
deal, defi, defy, dicker, diversified corporation, ecumenism,
embodiment, employment contract, encompassment, enosis, entente,
entente cordiale, enterprise, federalization, federation, firm,
formal agreement, fusion, gage, gauntlet, glove, group,
holding company, hookup, house, inclusion, incorporation, industry,
integration, international agreement, ironclad agreement,
joint-stock association, joint-stock company, junction, junta,
league, legal agreement, legal contract, marriage, meld, melding,
merger, multinational, mutual agreement, mutual-defense treaty,
nonaggression pact, operating company, package, package deal, pact,
paction, partnership, plunderbund, pool, promise, protocol,
public utility, slap, solidification, stipulation, stock company,
stump, syncretism, syndicate, syndication, syneresis, synthesis,
tie-up, trade association, transaction, treaty, trust,
understanding, unification, union, union contract, utility,
valid contract, wage contract, wedding
WordNet (r) 2.0 Dictionary Definition: cartel
n : 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}]
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