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con·sor·ti·um

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–noun, plural -ti·a

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1.	a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.

2.	any association, partnership, or union.

3.	Law. the legal right of husband and wife to companionship and conjugal intercourse with each other: In a wrongful death action the surviving spouse commonly seeks damages for loss of consortium.

[Origin: 1820–30; < L: partnership, equiv. to consort- consort + -ium -ium

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con·sor·ti·al, adjective

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con·sor·ti·um Audio Help (kən-sôr'tē-əm, -shē-əm) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. con·sor·ti·a (-tē-ə, -shē-ə)

1. An association or a combination, as of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
2. A cooperative arrangement among groups or institutions: a library consortium.
An association or society.
Law The right of a spouse to the company of, help of, affection of, and sexual relations with his or her mate.

[Latin, fellowship, from cōnsors, cōnsort-, partner; see consort.]

con·sor'ti·al adj.

consortium
noun
an association of companies for some definite purpose

an association, union, especially of bankers or businessmen

Arabic:	جَمْعِيَّه، إتِّحاد، مَجْموعَة تِجارِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	协会, 联盟, (国际) 财团等
Chinese (Traditional):	協會, 聯盟, (國際) 財團等
Czech:	asociace, společenství
Danish:	konsortium
Dutch:	consortium
Estonian:	konsortsium
Finnish:	konsortio
French:	consortium
German:	die Vereinigung
Greek:	κοινοπραξία επιχειρηματιών ή τραπεζών
Hungarian:	konzorcium
Icelandic:	félag, samtök
Indonesian:	konsorsium
Italian:	consorzio

Japanese:	(国際) 借款団
Korean:	연합, 조합
Latvian:	konsorcijs
Lithuanian:	konsorciumas
Norwegian:	konsortium, fagforening, interesseorganisasjon
Polish:	konsorcjum
Portuguese (Brazil):	consórcio
Portuguese (Portugal):	consórcio
Romanian:	consorţiu
Russian:	консорциум
Slovak:	konzorcium
Slovenian:	konzorcij
Spanish:	consorcio
Swedish:	konsortium
Turkish:	konsorsiyum, birlikte çalışan şirketler grubu