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Webster 1913 Edition
Syndicate
Syn′di-cate
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
syndicat
, LL. syndicatus
.] 1.
The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics.
Bp. Burnet.
2.
An association of persons officially authorized to undertake some duty or to negotiate some business; also, an association of persons who combine to carry out, on their own account, a financial or industrial project;
as, a
. syndicate
of bankers formed to take up and dispose of an entire issue of government bondsSyn′di-cate
,Verb.
T.
[LL.
syndicatus
, p. p. of syndicare
to censure.] To judge; to censure.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Syndicate
SYN'DICATE
,Noun.
SYN'DICATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
syndicate
syndicate
English
Noun
syndicate (plural syndicates)
- A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
- A similar group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.
- A chain of newspapers, or an agency that distributes features to multiple newspapers.
- The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council or body of syndics.
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Synonyms
- (roughly) — business partners
Translations
group of individuals or companies
group of gangsters
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chain of newspapers
Verb
syndicate (third-person singular simple present syndicates, present participle syndicating, simple past and past participle syndicated)
- (intransitive) To become a syndicate.
- (transitive) To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.
- (transitive) To release media content through a syndicate to be published or broadcast through multiple outlets.
Related terms
Translations
to become a syndicate
to put under the control of a group
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to release content through a syndicate