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syndicate

Syllabification: (syn·di·cate)
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Definition of syndicate

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈsindikit/
  • a group of individuals or organizations combined to promote some common interest:large-scale buyouts involving a syndicate of financial institutions a crime syndicate
  • an association or agency supplying material simultaneously to a number of newspapers or periodicals.
  • a committee of syndics.

verb

Pronunciation: /ˈsindiˌkāt/
[with object]
  • control or manage by a syndicate:the loans are syndicated to a group of banks
  • publish or broadcast (material) simultaneously in a number of newspapers, television stations, etc.:his reports were syndicated to 200 other papers
  • sell (a horse) to a syndicate:the stallion was syndicated for a record $5.4 million

Derivatives

syndication

Pronunciation: /ˌsindiˈkāSHən/
noun

syndicator

Pronunciation: /-ˌkātər/
noun

Origin:

early 17th century (denoting a committee of syndics): from French syndicat, from medieval Latin syndicatus, from late Latin syndicus 'delegate of a corporation' (see syndic). Current verb senses date from the late 19th century

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