cartel

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: car=tel

CIDE DICTIONARY

cartel, n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st Card.].

•  An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners.  Wilhelm.  [1913 Webster]
•  A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat.  [1913 Webster]

  "He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel.,"

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.

cartel, v. t. 

 To defy or challenge.  [1913 Webster]
"You shall cartel him."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cartel, n.
1 an informal association of manufacturers or suppliers to maintain prices at a high level, and control production, marketing arrangements, etc.
2 a political combination between parties.

Derivative

cartelize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise).

Etymology

G Kartell f. F cartel f. It. cartello dimin. of carta CARD(1)

THESAURUS

cartel

Aktiengesellschaft, Anschluss, NATO, SEATO, accord, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, aktiebolag, alliance, amalgamation, arrangement, assimilation, association, bargain, binding agreement, blend, blending, blow, body corporate, bond, business, business establishment, cabal, capitulation, centralization, chain, challenge, chamber of commerce, coalescence, coalition, collective agreement, combination, combine, combo, commercial enterprise, compact, compagnie, company, composition, concern, concord, concordat, confederacy, confederation, congeries, conglomerate, conglomerate corporation, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidating company, consolidation, consortium, conspiracy, contract, convention, copartnership, corporate body, corporation, covenant, covenant of salt, dare, deal, defi, defy, dicker, diversified corporation, ecumenism, embodiment, employment contract, encompassment, enosis, entente, entente cordiale, enterprise, federalization, federation, firm, formal agreement, fusion, gage, gauntlet, glove, group, holding company, hookup, house, inclusion, incorporation, industry, integration, international agreement, ironclad agreement, joint-stock association, joint-stock company, junction, junta, league, legal agreement, legal contract, marriage, meld, melding, merger, multinational, mutual agreement, mutual-defense treaty, nonaggression pact, operating company, package, package deal, pact, paction, partnership, plunderbund, pool, promise, protocol, public utility, slap, solidification, stipulation, stock company, stump, syncretism, syndicate, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie-up, trade association, transaction, treaty, trust, understanding, unification, union, union contract, utility, valid contract, wage contract, wedding

ROGET THESAURUS

cartel

Cooperation

N cooperation, coadjuvancy, coadjutancy, coagency, coefficiency, concert, concurrence, complicity, participation, union, additivity, combination, collusion, association, alliance, colleagueship, joint stock, copartnership, cartel, confederation, coalition, fusion, a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together, logrolling, freemasonry, unanimity, esprit de corps, party spirit, clanship, partisanship, concord, synergy, coaction, cooperating, in cooperation, in league, coadjuvant, coadjutant, dyed in the wool, cooperative, additive, participative, coactive, synergetic, synergistic, favorable to, unopposed, as one, shoulder to shoulder, synergistically, cooperatively, due teste valgono piu che una sola.

Defiance

N defiance, daring, dare, challenge, cartel, threat, war cry, war whoop, chest-beating, chest-thumping, saber rattling, defiant, defying, with 'with arms akimbo', in defiance of, in the teeth of, under one's very nose, Int, do your worst!, come if you dare!, come on!, marry come up!, hoity toity!, noli me tangere, nemo me impune lacessit, don't tread on me, don't you dare, don't even think of it, Go ahead, make my day!.

Pacification

N pacification, conciliation, reconciliation, reconcilement, shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment, terms, compromise, amnesty, deed of release, peace offering, olive branch, calumet of peace, preliminaries of peace, truce, armistice, suspension of arms, suspension of hostilities, stand-down, breathing time, convention, modus vivendi, flag of truce, white flag, parlementaire, cartel, hollow truce, pax in bello, drawn battle, conciliatory, composing, pacified, requiescat in pace.

Compact

N compact, contract, agreement, bargain, affidation, pact, paction, bond, covenant, indenture, bundobast, deal, stipulation, settlement, convention, compromise, cartel, Protocol, treaty, concordat, Zollverein, Sonderbund, charter, Magna Charta, Progmatic Sanction, customs union, free trade region, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT, most favored nation status, negotiation, diplomacy, negotiator, ratification, completion, signature, seal, sigil, signet, agreed, conventional, under hand and seal, caveat emptor.