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lesuoractoday at 4:40 PM1 replyview on HN

For future people to look it up.

Monopoly is a single seller.

Monopsony is a single buyer.


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lesuoractoday at 9:11 PM

Given how popular this has gotten I guess I should point out that it's wrong.

There isn't a single seller so the proper ones are

Oligopoly - Market with few sellers

Oligopsony - Market with few buyers

"few" really meaning that they have pricing power as opposed to 3 companies.