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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

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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