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syn·di·cate
 (s  n  d -k t)
KEY
NOUN:
- An association of people or firms authorized to undertake a duty or transact specific business.
- An association of people or firms formed to engage in an enterprise or promote a common interest.
- A loose affiliation of gangsters in control of organized criminal activities.
- An agency that sells articles, features, or photographs for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously.
- A company consisting of a number of separate newspapers; a newspaper chain.
- The office, position, or jurisdiction of a syndic or body of syndics.
VERB:
syn·di·cat·ed
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syn·di·cat·ing
,
syn·di·cates
(-k  t  )
VERB:
tr.
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- To organize into or manage as a syndicate.
- To sell shares in.
- To sell (a comic strip or column, for example) through a syndicate for simultaneous publication in newspapers or periodicals.
- To sell (a television series, for example) directly to independent stations.
VERB:
intr.
- To join together in a syndicate.
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)
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