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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [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}, {combine}]
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