Topic: COMPANIES
| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | 'document', from Old Italian cartello, from carta; CARD1 |
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car‧tel
[countable]
[countable]PE a group of people or companies who agree to sell something at a particular price in order to prevent competition and increase profits [↪ monopoly]:
an illegal drug cartel
an illegal drug cartel