Definition of syndicate

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syn·di·cate    (snd-kt) KEY 

NOUN:

1. An association of people or firms authorized to undertake a duty or transact specific business.
2. An association of people or firms formed to engage in an enterprise or promote a common interest.
3. A loose affiliation of gangsters in control of organized criminal activities.
4. An agency that sells articles, features, or photographs for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously.
5. A company consisting of a number of separate newspapers; a newspaper chain.
6. The office, position, or jurisdiction of a syndic or body of syndics.

VERB:
syn·di·cat·ed, syn·di·cat·ing, syn·di·cates (-kt)
VERB:
tr.

1. 1. To organize into or manage as a syndicate.
   2. To sell shares in.
2. To sell (a comic strip or column, for example) through a syndicate for simultaneous publication in newspapers or periodicals.
3. To sell (a television series, for example) directly to independent stations.

VERB:
intr.

To join together in a syndicate.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French syndicat, from Old French, office of syndic, from Medieval Latin syndictus, from Late Latin syndicus, syndic ; see syndic

OTHER FORMS:
syndi·cation(Noun), syndi·cator(Noun)