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Webster 1913 Edition
Cartel
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.]
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.
Car′tel
,Verb.
T.
To defy or challenge.
[Obs.]
You shall
cartel
him. B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cartel
CARTEL
,Noun.
1.
A writing or agreement between states at war, for the exchange of prisoners, or for some mutual advantage; also, a vessel employed to convey the messenger on this occasion.2.
A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. This sense the word has still in France and Italy; but with us it is obsolete.Cartel-ship, is a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy.
CARTEL
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
cartel
cartel
See also: cártel
English
Noun
cartel (plural cartels)
- A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
- A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
- A written letter of defiance or challenge.
- Sir Walter Scott
- He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, Folio Society, 2006, p.22:
- Xerxes whipped the Sea, and writ a cartell of defiance to the hill Athos.
- Sir Walter Scott
- An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
- 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:
- He then sent down a flag of truce in military style, proposing a cartel or exchange of prisoners – the corporal for the notary.
- 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:
- (nautical) A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.
Related terms
Translations
group of businesses or nations that collude to fix prices
combination of political groups
written challenge or defiance
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official agreement concerning exchange of prisoners
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ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war