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需要独占 (juyoudokusen) Japanese meaning: monopsony | 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'.