Definition of Syndicate

1. Verb. Join together into a syndicate. "The banks syndicated"

Generic synonyms: Connect, Join, Link, Link Up, Unite

2. Noun. A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities.
Exact synonyms: Crime Syndicate, Family, Mob
Generic synonyms: Gangdom, Gangland, Organized Crime
Specialized synonyms: Cosa Nostra, Maffia, Mafia
Derivative terms: Mobster

3. Verb. Organize into or form a syndicate.
Generic synonyms: Form, Organise, Organize
Derivative terms: Syndication, Syndicator

4. Noun. An association of companies for some definite purpose.
Exact synonyms: Consortium, Pool
Generic synonyms: Association
Specialized synonyms: Cartel, Combine, Corporate Trust, Trust

5. Verb. Sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations.
Generic synonyms: Sell
Derivative terms: Syndication

6. Noun. A news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication.

Definition of Syndicate

1. n. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics.

2. v. t. To judge; to censure.

3. v. t. To combine or form into, or manage as, a syndicate.

4. v. i. To unite to form a syndicate.

Definition of Syndicate

1. Noun. A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group. ¹

2. Noun. A similar group of gangsters engaged in organized crime. ¹

3. Noun. A chain of newspapers, or an agency that distributes features to multiple newspapers. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To become a syndicate. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To put under the control of a group acting as a unit. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To release media content through a syndicate to be published or broadcast through multiple outlets. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Syndicate

1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syndicate

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Literary usage of Syndicate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"and Attorney of The Pekin Syndicate Limited in L (Sgd.) JOHN P. KENRICK. Signed by John Painter Kenrick Agent General "j the presence of J (Sgd.) GEO. ..."

2. Materials of Corporation Finance by Charles William Gerstenberg (1915)
"1901, by and between George J. Gould, Joseph Ramsey, Jr., and William E. Guy, hereinafter called the Syndicate Managers, parties of the first part and the ..."

3. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1916)
"It also was held that the syndicate managers had no authority to grant an option to purchase certain shares of stock to another person in consideration of ..."

4. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1916)
"It also was held that the syndicate managers had no authority to grant an option to purchase certain shares of stock to another person in consideration of ..."

5. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"and Attorney of The Pekin Syndicate Limited in L (Sgd.) JOHN P. KENRICK. Signed by John Painter Kenrick Agent General "j the presence of J (Sgd.) GEO. ..."

6. Materials of Corporation Finance by Charles William Gerstenberg (1915)
"1901, by and between George J. Gould, Joseph Ramsey, Jr., and William E. Guy, hereinafter called the Syndicate Managers, parties of the first part and the ..."

7. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1916)
"It also was held that the syndicate managers had no authority to grant an option to purchase certain shares of stock to another person in consideration of ..."

8. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1916)
"It also was held that the syndicate managers had no authority to grant an option to purchase certain shares of stock to another person in consideration of ..."

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