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Word: Cooperative
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from late Latin cooperativus, from Latin cooperat- ‘worked together’, from the verb cooperari (see cooperate)
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Phonetic Spelling:
kəʊˈɒp(ə)rətɪv
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a farm, business, or other organization which is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits
Short Definition:collectively run farm etc.
Examples:- we run the agency as a workers' cooperative
Variant Forms:
- co-operative
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