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syndicate Definition

syn·di·cate (sin′də kit; for v., -kāt′)

noun

  1. a group or council of syndics
    1. an association of individuals or corporations formed to carry out some financial project requiring much capital
    2. any group organized to further some undertaking
    3. ☆ an informal association of criminals controlling a network of vice, gambling, etc.
    4. ☆ a group of newspapers, owned as a chain
  3. ☆ an organization that sells special articles or features for publication by many newspapers or periodicals

Etymology: Fr syndicat < syndic, syndic

transitive verb -·cat′ed, -·cat′·ing

  1. to manage as or form into a syndicate
  2. ☆
    1. to sell (an article, feature, etc.) through a syndicate for publication in many newspapers or periodicals
    2. to sell (a program, series, etc.) to a number of radio or TV stations

intransitive verb

to form a syndicate

syndicate Related Forms
syn′·di·ca′·tion noun syn′·di·ca′·tor noun
syndicate Synonyms

syndicate

n.

  1. An association

    company, union, partnership, cartel; see business 4, monopoly, organization 3.

  2. A council

    board, cabinet, chamber; see committee. See syn. study at monopoly.

syndicate Synonyms

syndicate

v.

regulate, direct, merge, affiliate; see associate 3, join 2.

syndicate Law Definition

n

A group of corporations that band together for a single enterprise that each alone would be unwilling or incapable of performing. For example, it took a syndicate of motor vehicle makers and aircraft companies to produce America’s warplanes of World War II. In the negative sense it is used to denote organized crime.

v

To organize into a syndicate or to sell shares in. 
syndicate Usage Examples

Object

  • smith: Would just pull nestled into an students suggesting that liz smith syndicated.
  • news: The news syndicated via the google and yahoo news services.

Converse of object

  • bet: The meeting actually never took place but was a phantom fixture organized by a betting syndicate.
  • organize: Russia has become an ideal haven form money laundering by the world's organized crime syndicates.
  • shoot: In one year shooting in Cheshire planted 6770 meters of new hedges, 3950 meters of which were funded solely by shooting syndicates.
  • join: How to maximize your chances of winning by joining a British online lottery syndicate.

Adjective modifier

  • organized: They're nothing more than legislators who embrace the same organized crime syndicate.
  • criminal: Mexico has strict if poorly enforced gun laws and strong criminal syndicates.
  • Italian: Monkey Says: Nasty Italian syndicate threatens to reclaim land on Chinese restaurant site in Rome.

Modifies a noun

  • room: These meeting rooms are backed up with 6 syndicate rooms with seating up to 10 persons in each.
  • lake: This will give anglers the chance to Pike Fish this exclusive syndicate lake.
  • exercise: Course Style: Interactive with presentations supported by syndicate exercises.

Modifying Another Word

  • nationally: Once syndicated nationally, they can multiply with surprising ease.

Noun used with modifier

  • underwriting: We also provide a Damage Survey service for both UK and non UK Insurers and Underwriting Syndicates.
  • lottery: How to maximize your chances of winning by joining a British online lottery syndicate.
  • crime: The police are riddled with corrupt officers in their own ranks, many of whom are paid directly by crime syndicates.
  • gambling: Email this A gambling syndicate has pulled off a £ 25,000 betting sting on the Bingo Caller of the Year competition.
  • racing: Indeed, some racing syndicates - or clubs - boast hundreds of members.
  • dream: This is Dream Syndicate going through a recurring nightmare.

Preposition: of

  • investor: Investor clubs may be run by existing practitioners or, alternatively may be set up by syndicates of private investors.