Syndicate

Origin

From French syndicat ("office of syndic, board of syndics, trade union"), from French syndic ("administrator"), from Latin syndicus, from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (syndikos, "caretaker of issue").

Noun

1. A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
2. A similar group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.
3. A chain of newspapers, or an agency that distributes features to multiple newspapers.
4. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council or body of syndics.

Synonyms

• (roughly) — business partners

Full definition of syndicate

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become a syndicate.
2. (transitive) To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.
3. (transitive) To release media content through a syndicate to be published or broadcast through multiple outlets.

Related terms

• syndication

Anagrams

• asyndetic