An association of people or firms authorized to undertake a duty or transact specific business.
An association of people or firms formed to engage in an enterprise or promote a common interest.
A loose affiliation of gangsters in control of organized criminal activities.
An agency that sells articles, features, or photographs for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously.
A company consisting of a number of separate newspapers; a newspaper chain.
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.
To organize into or manage as a syndicate.
To sell shares in.
To sell (a comic strip or column, for example) through a syndicate for simultaneous publication in newspapers or periodicals.
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.
Main Entry: syn·di·ca·tor Pronunciation: 'sin-di-"kA-t&r Function: noun : one that syndicates; especially: one that organizes investment in limited partnerships by different parties
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