Cooperative Definition
kō-ŏpər-ə-tĭv, -ə-rātĭv, -ŏprə-
cooperatives
adjective
Done in cooperation with others.
A cooperative effort.
American Heritage
Cooperating or inclined to cooperate.
Webster's New World
Designating or of an organization (as for the production or marketing of goods), an apartment house, store, etc. owned by and operated for the benefit of members who use its facilities or services.
Webster's New World
Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
Wiktionary
Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
cooperatives
An enterprise or organization that is owned or managed jointly by those who use its facilities or services.
American Heritage
A cooperative society, store, etc.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage
An apartment in such a building or complex.
American Heritage
An organization or business enterprise, organized as either an association (cooperative association) or corporation (cooperative corporation), owned by those who use its services. All profits are shared amongst the cooperative’s members in proportion to the money or labor each member contributed.
Webster's New World Law
Synonyms:
- co-op
- sovkhoz (both Russian); collective
- state farm; kolkhoz
- collective farm
- commune
- kibbutz
- consumer cooperative
- marketing cooperative
- communal society
- communal enterprise
Other Word Forms of Cooperative
Noun
Singular:
cooperativePlural:
cooperatives
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