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Meaning of cooperative | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv

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

Esperanto kooperativo
עברית קואופרטיב
हिन्दी सहकारी
Bahasa Indonesia koperasi
日本語 共済
Latina cooperativus
മലയാളം സഹകരണം
Română cooperativă
Svenska kooperativ
ไทย สหกรณ์
Tagalog kooperatiba
Tiếng Việt hợp tác xã

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.”

CEFR level

C2
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