Word Of The Day #056 - Syndicate

WORD or IDIOM OF THE DAY
'syndicate'
noun
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1 : a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations
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// The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate. (audio)
// Parallel to this aid, a banking syndicate would provide a credit to the same amount.
// Yet investigators received tips that pointed to the syndicate.
// Encompassing much of the Near West Side, the ward had been controlled by the city’s crime syndicate since the days of Al Capone.
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- Translations
Portuguese: sindicato, consórcio
Spanish: sindicato, organización, consorcio
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