専せん売ばい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights

Refers especially to having the sole right to sell something, or to a system in which a government or company monopolizes sales. Used as a noun, in 専売する, and before nouns as in 専売契約 or 専売制度.

• 政せい府ふが塩しおを専せん売ばいしていた時じ代だいがある。

  There was a time when the government monopolized the sale of salt.