Editing De facto (section)

==Business ==
=== Monopoly ===
A de facto [[monopoly]] is a system where many suppliers of a product are allowed but the market is so completely dominated by one that the other players are unable to compete or even survive. The related terms [[oligopoly]] and [[monopsony]] are similar in meaning and this is the type of situation that [[United States antitrust law|antitrust]] laws are intended to eliminate.

=== Finance ===
In finance, the [[World Bank]] has a pertinent definition:

<blockquote>A "de facto government" comes into, or remains in, power by means not provided for in the country's constitution, such as a coup d'état, revolution, usurpation, abrogation or suspension of the constitution.<ref>{{Cite web | title = OP 7.30 – Dealings with De Facto Governments | work = Operational Manual | publisher = The World Bank | date = July 2001 | url = http://go.worldbank.org/UHU8EMUDZ0 | access-date = 2010-11-28 | archive-date = 2017-10-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171011195056/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/PROJECTS/EXTPOLICIES/EXTOPMANUAL/0,,contentMDK:20064666~menuPK:64701637~pagePK:64709096~piPK:64709108~theSitePK:502184,00.html | url-status = dead }}</ref></blockquote>

=== Intellectual property ===
In engineering, {{dfn|de facto technology}} is a system in which the intellectual property and know-how is privately held. Usually only the owner of the technology manufactures the related equipment. Meanwhile, a {{dfn|standard technology}} consists of systems that have been publicly released to a certain degree so that anybody can manufacture equipment supporting the technology. For instance, in cell phone communications, CDMA1X is a de facto technology, while GSM is a standard technology.

===Sports===
Examples of a de facto General Manager in sports include [[Syd Thrift]] who acted as the GM of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] between 1999 and 2002. [[Bill Belichick]], the former head coach of the [[New England Patriots]] in the [[NFL]] did not hold the official title of GM, but served as de facto general manager as he had control over [[NFL draft|drafting]] and other personnel decisions.