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consortium.

An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kənˈsɔː.ti.əm/Received-Pronunciation/kənˈsɔː.ʃəm/Received-Pronunciation, uncommon/kənˈsoɹ.ʃəm/Canada, General-American/kənˈsoɹ.ti.əm/ [kənˈsoɹ.ɾi.əm]Canada, General-American, rare
  1. An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.

  2. A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.

  3. An association or society.

  4. The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.

  5. A group of symbiotic microbes.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *sértis Proto-Italic *sortis Latin sors Latin cōnsors Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin cōnsortiumlbor. English consortium Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsortium.

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