consortium
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for…An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
» He's looking to form consortiums and alliances with the private sector, with the universities.
Meaning
5 sensesAn association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
Konsortium, Kooperation
консо́рциумkonsórcium
консо́рціумkonsórcium
an association of companies for some definite purpose
A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
Interessenverband, Interessengemeinschaft, Arbeitsgemeinschaft
An association or society.
Bund, Verband, Gesellschaft
The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
eheliches Recht
A group of symbiotic microbes.
Examples
3 sentencesHe's looking to form consortiums and alliances with the private sector, with the universities.
This consortium has thirteen members.
Forming consortiums or joint ventures is one way your business can increase its capacity to respond to and deliver public sector contracts.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsortium.Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsortium.
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Forms
plural: consortia / consortiums| Singular | consortium |
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| Plural | consortia / consortiums |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular