syn·di·cate /ˈsɪndəˌket/
企業聯合,辛迪加(vt.)(vi.)聯合成辛迪加
Syn·di·cate n.
1. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics.
2. An association of persons officially authorized to undertake some duty or to negotiate some business; also, an association of persons who combine to carry out, on their own account, a financial or industrial project; as, a syndicate of bankers formed to take up and dispose of an entire issue of government bonds.
Syn·di·cate v. t. To judge; to censure. [Obs.]
Syn·di·cate v. t. [imp. & p. p. syndicated p. pr. & vb. n. syndicating ]
1. To combine or form into, or manage as, a syndicate.
2. To acquire or control for or by, or to subject to the management of, a syndicate; as, syndicated newspapers.
Syn·di·cate, v. i. To unite to form a syndicate.
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syndicate
n 1: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized
criminal activities [syn: crime syndicate, mob, family]
2: an association of companies for some definite purpose [syn:
consortium, pool]
3: a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs
etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication
v 1: join together into a syndicate; "The banks syndicated"
2: organize into or form a syndicate
3: sell articles, television programs, or photos to several
publications or independent broadcasting stations