Look up: cooperative

1. cooperative
   [adj] - done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit 2. [n] - an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it 3. [n] - a commercial enterprise run for the benefit of its owners
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2. cooperative
   a business organisation owned and run by a society of persons or of groups of persons whose aim is not to make a profit but to give benefit to the members; a group of individuals which seeks to obtain, through the cooperative society which they form, certain economic advantages as regards cost, serv...
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3. cooperative
   adjective done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit; `a cooperative effort`
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4. cooperative
   co-op noun a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
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5. cooperative
   noun an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
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6. Cooperative
   • (a.) Operating jointly to the same end.
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7. cooperative
   organization owned by and operated for the benefit of those using its services. Cooperatives have been successful in a number of fields, including ... [11 related articles]
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8. cooperative
   co-operative, cooperative; co-operatively, cooperatively 1. Done in cooperation with others: 'They tried to make a cooperative effort.' 2. Marked by willingness to cooperate; compliant: 'She was a cooperative patient.' 3. Of, relating to, or formed as an enterprise or organization jointly owned or...
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9. Cooperative
   A collection of organisations or individuals, pooling their resources in order to gain commercial or non-commercial advantage in buying, selling or processing goods and/or services.
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10. Cooperative
    It is a non-profit organisation formed by a group or organisation who themselves owns and control it for their own benefit as services are offered to them. Usually the dairy farms, farmers, grocers etc forms the cooperative.
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11. cooperative
    Business organization with limited liability where each shareholder has only one vote however many shares they own. In a worker cooperative, the workers are the shareholders, own the company, and decide how it is run. In a consumer cooperative, consumers control the company
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12. cooperative
    (co-op) A type of multiple ownership in which the residents of a multiunit housing complex own shares in the cooperative corporation that owns the property, giving each resident the right to occupy a specific apartment or unit.
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13. cooperative
    Involves the more conventional notion of cooperation (see collaborative), in that learners work in small groups on an assigned project or problem under the guidance of the trainer. Also see collaborative learning.
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14. Cooperative
    A `cooperative` (also `co-operative`; often referred to as a `co-op`) is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit. Pre-industrial Europe is home to the first cooperatives from an industrial context. In 1761, the Fenwick Weavers` Society was formed...
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