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syn⋅di⋅cate

  [n. sin-di-kit; v. sin-di-keyt] noun, verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
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–noun
1. 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.
2. a 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.
3. Journalism.
a. 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. Compare boiler plate (def. 2a).
b. a business organization owning and operating a number of newspapers; newspaper chain.
4. a group, combination, or association of gangsters controlling organized crime or one type of crime, esp. in one region of the country.
5. a council or body of syndics.
6. a local organization of employers or employees in Italy during the Fascist regime.
–verb (used with object)
7. to combine into a syndicate.
8. to 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.
9. Television. to sell (a program, series, etc.) directly to independent stations.
10. to 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.
–verb (used without object)
11. to combine to form a syndicate.
Origin:
1600–10; < MF syndicat office of syndic, board of syndics < ML syndicātus. See syndic, -ate 3

Related forms:
syn⋅di⋅cat⋅a⋅ble, adjective
syn⋅di⋅ca⋅tion, noun
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syn·di·cate   (sĭn'dĭ-kĭt)   
n.  
  1. An association of people or firms authorized to undertake a duty or transact specific business.
  2. An association of people or firms formed to engage in an enterprise or promote a common interest.
  3. A loose affiliation of gangsters in control of organized criminal activities.
  4. An agency that sells articles, features, or photographs for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously.
  5. A company consisting of a number of separate newspapers; a newspaper chain.
  6. The office, position, or jurisdiction of a syndic or body of syndics.
v.   (-kāt') syn·di·cat·ed, syn·di·cat·ing, syn·di·cates

v.   tr.
    1. To organize into or manage as a syndicate.
    2. To sell shares in.
  2. To sell (a comic strip or column, for example) through a syndicate for simultaneous publication in newspapers or periodicals.
  3. To sell (a television series, for example) directly to independent stations.
v.   intr.
To join together in a syndicate.

[French syndicat, from Old French, office of syndic, from Medieval Latin syndicātus, from Late Latin syndicus, syndic; see syndic.]
syn'di·ca'tion n., syn'di·ca'tor n.
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