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co⋅op⋅er⋅a⋅tive

  [koh-op-er-uh-tiv, -op-ruh-tiv, -op-uh-rey-tiv]
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–adjective
1. working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
2. demonstrating a willingness to cooperate: The librarian was cooperative in helping us find the book.
3. pertaining to economic cooperation: a cooperative business.
4. involving or denoting an educational program comprising both classroom study and on-the-job or technical training, esp. in colleges and universities.
–noun
5. a jointly owned enterprise engaging in the production or distribution of goods or the supplying of services, operated by its members for their mutual benefit, typically organized by consumers or farmers.
6. Also called co-op, cooperative apartment.
a. a building owned and managed by a corporation in which shares are sold, entitling the shareholders to occupy individual units in the building.
b. an apartment in such a building. Compare condominium (defs. 1, 2).
Also, co-op⋅er⋅a⋅tive.

Origin:
1595–1605; < LL cooperātīvus. See cooperate, -ive

Related forms:
co⋅op⋅er⋅a⋅tive⋅ly, co-op⋅er⋅a⋅tive⋅ly  [koh-op-er-uh-tiv-lee, -op-ruh-tiv-, -op-uh-rey-tiv-] , adverb
co⋅op⋅er⋅a⋅tive⋅ness, co-op⋅er⋅a⋅tive⋅ness, noun
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co·op·er·a·tive   (kō-ŏp'ər-ə-tĭv, -ə-rā'tĭv, -ŏp'rə-)   
adj.  
  1. Done in cooperation with others: a cooperative effort.
  2. Marked by willingness to cooperate; compliant: a cooperative patient.
  3. Of, relating to, or formed as an enterprise or organization jointly owned or managed by those who use its facilities or services: a cooperative department store; cooperative apartment buildings.
n.  An enterprise or organization that is owned or managed jointly by those who use its facilities or services.
co·op'er·a·tive·ly adv., co·op'er·a·tive·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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