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natural monopoly

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TERM OF THE DAY

natural monopoly

Situation where one firm (because of a unique raw materialtechnology, or otherfactors) can supply a market's entire demand for a good or service at a pricelower than two or more firms can. Such situations occur usually in case ofutilities or where a market can support only one producer (because the decreasing returns to scale make the optimum plant size large in relation to the demand) or where long-range average total cost is declining with higher outputthroughout the range of the possible demand.
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Usage Example
The electric company has a natural monopoly in my town because it is the only supplier found for ten miles in every direction.
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