cooperative

Definitions

1. A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
2. feminine singular of cooperativo
3. Working together toward a common end:collaborative, synergetic, synergic, synergistic.
4. Done in cooperation with others: a cooperative effort.
5. Marked by willingness to cooperate; compliant: a cooperative patient.
6. Of, relating to, or formed as an enterprise or organization jointly owned or managed by those who use its facilities or services: a cooperative department store; cooperative apartment buildings.
7. An enterprise or organization that is owned or managed jointly by those who use its facilities or services.
8. A building or complex in which the residents buy shares of stock in a building corporation and are given a lease to a specific apartment.
9. willing to cooperate; helpful
10. acting in conjunction with others; cooperating
11. (Economics) a. (of an enterprise, farm, etc) owned collectively and managed for joint economic benefit
12. (Commerce) a cooperative organization

Equivalents

Examples

“The head of an agricultural producers’ cooperative in Chien-shih county of Hupei Province lectured his peasant wife: “To gain⟳ emancipation, women must do production work⟳ just like⟳ men.””

“Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry⟳ a far wider range and number⟳ of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds.”

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