Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cartel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cartel \Car*tel"\, n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper,
dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st {Card}.]
1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange
of prisoners. --Wilhelm.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
{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) (web1913)
Cartel \Car"tel\, v. t.
To defy or challenge. [Obs.]
You shall cartel him. --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cartel
n : a consortium of companies formed to limit competition; "they
set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly" [syn:
{trust}, {corporate trust}, {combine}]
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