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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

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Meanings

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noun

monopsony

economics

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

Similar 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.

Etymology

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