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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 car·tel /kɑrˈtɛl/
 企業聯合,俘虜交換條約晝,決鬥挑戰書

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Car·tel v. t. To defy or challenge. [Obs.]
    You shall cartel him.   --B. Jonson.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]