What do you mean by the term Oligopoly

What do you mean by the term Oligopoly? Provide some illustrations of the oligopolistic markets.

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In oligopolistic market, some suppliers control the market by not permitting any new applicants to the market. The change in price by one supplier in the market will produce instant response through the other supplier who will as well tend to modify his price. Thus in this market, there is a high level of dependency among suppliers on one another. Illustrations of these markets might be the automobile manufacturers or the pharmaceutical industry that are usually price sensitive by nature.

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