car·tel /kɑrˈtɛl/
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Car·tel n.
1. Mil. An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners.
2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.]
He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., --Sir W. Scott.
Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.
Car·tel v. t. To defy or challenge. [Obs.]
You shall cartel him. --B. Jonson.
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cartel
n : a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit
competition by controlling the production and
distribution of a product or service; "they set up the
trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly" [syn: trust, corporate
trust, combine]