syndicate

[ noun sin-di-kit; verb sin-di-keyt ]

/ noun ˈsɪn dɪ kɪt; verb ˈsɪn dɪˌkeɪt /

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noun

a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.

a combination of bankers or capitalists formed for the purpose of carrying out some project requiring large resources of capital, as the underwriting of an issue of stock or bonds.

Journalism.

an agency that buys articles, stories, columns, photographs, comic strips, or other features and distributes them for simultaneous publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals in different localities.Compare boilerplate(def 2a).
a business organization owning and operating a number of newspapers; newspaper chain.

a group, combination, or association of gangsters controlling organized crime or one type of crime, especially in one region of the country.

a council or body of syndics.

a local organization of employers or employees in Italy during the Fascist regime.

verb (used with object), syn·di·cat·ed, syn·di·cat·ing.

to combine into a syndicate.

to publish simultaneously, or supply for simultaneous publication, in a number of newspapers or other periodicals in different places: Her column is syndicated in 120 papers.

Television. to sell (a program, series, etc.) directly to independent stations.

to sell shares in or offer participation in the financial sharing of (a risk venture, loan, or the like): to syndicate a racehorse among speculators; to syndicate a loan among several banks.

verb (used without object), syn·di·cat·ed, syn·di·cat·ing.

to combine to form a syndicate.

Origin of syndicate

1600–10; < Middle French syndicat office of syndic, board of syndics < Medieval Latin syndicātus. See syndic, -ate³

OTHER WORDS FROM syndicate

syn·di·cat·a·ble, adjective syn·di·ca·tion, noun an·ti·syn·di·ca·tion, adjective non·syn·di·cat·ed, adjective

non·syn·di·ca·tion, noun re·syn·di·cat·ed, adjective sub·syn·di·cate, noun sub·syn·di·ca·tion, noun su·per·syn·di·cate, noun un·syn·di·cat·ed, adjective

Words nearby syndicate

syndetic, syndeton, syndic, syndical, syndicalism, syndicate, syndiotactic, syndrome, syndrome x, syne, synecdoche

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It was cruel of the employees to stop his sale to the English syndicate.

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British Dictionary definitions for syndicate

syndicate

noun (ˈsɪndɪkɪt)

an association of business enterprises or individuals organized to undertake a joint project requiring considerable capital

a news agency that sells articles, photographs, etc, to a number of newspapers for simultaneous publication

any association formed to carry out an enterprise or enterprises of common interest to its members

a board of syndics or the office of syndic

(in Italy under the Fascists) a local organization of employers or employees

verb (ˈsɪndɪˌkeɪt)

(tr) to sell (articles, photographs, etc) to several newspapers for simultaneous publication

(tr) US to sell (a programme or programmes) to several local commercial television or radio stations

to form a syndicate of (people)

Derived forms of syndicate

syndication, noun

Word Origin for syndicate

C17: from Old French syndicat office of a syndic

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syndicate

noun

verb (used with object), syn·di·cat·ed, syn·di·cat·ing.

verb (used without object), syn·di·cat·ed, syn·di·cat·ing.

Origin of syndicate

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British Dictionary definitions for syndicate

noun (ˈsɪndɪkɪt)

verb (ˈsɪndɪˌkeɪt)

Derived forms of syndicate

Word Origin for syndicate

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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syndicate

noun

verb (used with object), syn·di·cat·ed, syn·di·cat·ing.

verb (used without object), syn·di·cat·ed, syn·di·cat·ing.

Origin of syndicate

OTHER WORDS FROM syndicate

Words nearby syndicate

Words related to syndicate

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noun (ˈsɪndɪkɪt)

verb (ˈsɪndɪˌkeɪt)

Derived forms of syndicate

Word Origin for syndicate

British Dictionary definitions for syndicate