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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024syn•di•cate /n. ˈsɪndɪkɪt; v. -ˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation n., v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. n. [countable] - a group of individuals or organizations that combine or cooperate in order to engage in business transactions or negotiations or some other undertaking:A syndicate is buying up all the stock of that business firm.
- a group or association of gangsters controlling organized crime or one type of crime.
- Journalism
- an agency that buys articles, stories, photographs, etc., and distributes them for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals.
- a chain of newspapers.
v. - to combine or form (companies) into a syndicate: [~ + object]to syndicate companies.[no object]agreeing to syndicate as a way to save money.
- Journalism to publish simultaneously in a number of newspapers or periodicals:[~ + object]Her column is syndicated in the Wall Street Journal and other important daily newspapers.
syn•di•ca•tion /ˌsɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024syn•di•cate (n. sin′di kit;v. sin′di kāt′),USA pronunciation n., v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. n. - a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations:The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- Businessa combination of bankers or capitalists formed for the purpose of carrying out some project requiring large resources of capital, as the underwriting of an issue of stock or bonds.
- Journalism
- an agency that buys articles, stories, columns, photographs, comic strips, or other features and distributes them for simultaneous publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals in different localities. Cf. boiler plate (def. 2).
- a business organization owning and operating a number of newspapers;
newspaper chain.
- a group, combination, or association of gangsters controlling organized crime or one type of crime, esp. in one region of the country.
- a council or body of syndics.
- Governmenta local organization of employers or employees in Italy during the Fascist regime.
v.t. - to combine into a syndicate.
- Journalismto publish simultaneously, or supply for simultaneous publication, in a number of newspapers or other periodicals in different places:Her column is syndicated in 120 papers.
- Show Business[Television.]to sell (a program, series, etc.) directly to independent stations.
- Businessto sell shares in or offer participation in the financial sharing of (a risk venture, loan, or the like):to syndicate a racehorse among speculators; to syndicate a loan among several banks.
v.i. - to combine to form a syndicate.
- Medieval Latin syndicātus. See syndic, -ate3
- Middle French syndicat office of syndic, board of syndics
- 1600–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: syndicate n /ˈsɪndɪkɪt/- an association of business enterprises or individuals organized to undertake a joint project requiring considerable capital
- a news agency that sells articles, photographs, etc, to a number of newspapers for simultaneous publication
- any association formed to carry out an enterprise or enterprises of common interest to its members
- a board of syndics or the office of syndic
vb /ˈsɪndɪˌkeɪt/- (transitive) to sell (articles, photographs, etc) to several newspapers for simultaneous publication
- (transitive) US to sell (a programme or programmes) to several local commercial television or radio stations
- to form a syndicate of (people)
Etymology: 17th Century: from Old French syndicat office of a syndicˌsyndiˈcation n |