syndicate
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syndicate¹
- /ˈsɪndɪkət/ US, UK
Where it comes from
Anglicized from French syndicat (“office of a syndic; board of syndics; trade union”) on the basis of -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a group formed of people of this same office), equivalent to syndic (“syndic; representative; (especially) chief magistrate of Geneva”) + -at (“-ate”, forms nouns denoting rank or office), from Medieval Latin *syndicātus, from syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town; syndic”) (from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate for a defendant”), from σύν (sún, “beside; with”) + δίκη (díkē, “judgment; justice”)) + -ātus (“-ate”). By surface analysis, syndic + -ate.
Compare Italian sindacato (“syndicate; trade union; audit, control, supervision”), Occitan sendegat, Portuguese sindicato (“trade union”), Spanish sindicado, sindicato (“office of a syndic; syndicate; trade union”).
noun syndicates
- A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group. a gambling syndicate
- A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime. Held at the estate of Mafia boss Joseph Barbara in Apalachin, NY, the meeting called by [Vito] Genovese in November 1957 brought over 100 mobsters from around the country to cement his power over the national crime syndicate.
- A group of media companies, or an agency, formed to acquire content such as articles, cartoons, etc., and to publish it in multiple outlets; a chain of newspapers or other media outlets managed by such an organization. In the mid-1880s, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt broke into print inauspiciously as one member of the stable of writers who supplied humorous sketches and mildly sentimental or didactic squibs for S[amuel] S[idney] McClure's newspaper syndicate.
- The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics. The ſoveraintie lies in the Council of 200, and this Council chuſes out of its number 25, who are the leſſer Council; […] they are choſen by a ſort of ballet, ſo that it is not known for whom they give their votes, which is an effectual method to ſuppreſs factions and reſentments; ſince in a competi
syndicate²
- /ˈsɪndɪkeɪt/ US, UK
Where it comes from
From the noun or French syndiquer, either on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
verb syndicates · syndicating · syndicated
- To become a syndicate. [H]e [John Guthrie McCallum] went to Los Angeles and set up a law practice. There, with three partners and a capitalization of $100,000, they syndicated under the name Palm Valley Land and Water Company in 1887.
- To put under the control of a group acting as a unit. When a potential transaction has been identified by a bank, the first activity is obtaining from the potential borrower a "mandate," which is the customer's exclusive authorization to a bank to act as the syndication manager for that particular transaction and to approach other financial institution
- To release media content through a syndicate to be broadcast or published through multiple outlets. [I]nternational television format exchanges are providing a customizable alternative to syndicating existing TV series in foreign markets. Sixteen countries around the world have adapted So You Think You Can Dance, a reality dance competition that originated in the United States. Format changes rang
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mob, consortium, pool, mafia, gangster, clique, company, gang, group, grouping, guild, workshop, association, bloc, conglomerate, corporation
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noun group of individuals or companies
| 한국어 | 신디케이트 sindikeiteu |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 企業組合 kigyōkumiai, シンジケート shinjikēto |
| 中文 | 辛迪加 xīndíjiā |
| Français | syndicat |
| Deutsch | Syndikat |
| Italiano | sindacato industriale, associazione di imprese, consorzio di garanzia e collocamento |
| Ελληνικά | συνδικάτο syndikáto |
| Русский | синдика́т sindikát |
| العربية | نِقابة niqāba, نَقابة naqāba |
noun group of gangsters
| 한국어 | 신디케이트 sindikeiteu |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | シンジケート shinjikēto |
| 中文 | 辛迪加 xīndíjiā |
| Deutsch | Syndikat |
| Italiano | associazione a delinquere, sindacato del crimine |
| Русский | синдика́т sindikát |
noun group of media companies or an agency
| Italiano | agenzia di stampa |
|---|
verb to become a syndicate
| Français | syndiquer |
|---|
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