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需要独占 (じゅようどくせん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

需じゅ要よう独どく占せん

じゅ

よ

う

ど

く

せ

ん

Meanings

1

monopsony

Economics term for a market with a single dominant buyer.

労ろう働どう市し場じょうで需じゅ要よう独どく占せんが

生しょう

じる

と

、

賃ちん

金ぎん

が

抑よく

制せい

さ

れる

こと

が

ある

。

When a monopsony arises in the labor market, wages can be suppressed.

Kanji

需demand, request, need
要need, main point, essence
独single, alone, spontaneously
占fortune-telling, divining, forecasting

Related words

独どく占せん
独占 is a general monopoly (single seller), while 需要独占 specifically refers to a single buyer dominating the market.
供きょう給きゅう独どく占せん
供給独占 is the supply-side monopoly (single seller), the opposite of 需要独占.

Built from

需じゅ要よう+独どく占せん

Etymology

Compound of 需要 (demand) and 独占 (monopoly), literally 'demand monopoly'.