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consortium
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con·sor·ti·um  (kn-sôrt-m, -sh-m)
n. pl. con·sor·ti·a (-t-, -sh-)
1.
a. An association or a combination, as of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
b. A cooperative arrangement among groups or institutions: a library consortium.
2. An association or society.
3. Law The right of a spouse to the company of, help of, affection of, and sexual relations with his or her mate.

[Latin, fellowship, from cnsors, cnsort-, partner; see consort.]

con·sorti·al adj.

consortium
Noun
pl -tia an association of business firms [Latin: partnership]

Consortia, Consortium a partnership; a union; a fellowship.
Examples: consortium of local authorities [to undertake some project jointly between them]; a housing consortium; a consortium of university libraries.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.consortium - an association of companies for some definite purpose
association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"
cartel, corporate trust, combine, trust - a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly"
Translations
consortium [kənˈsɔːtɪəm] nconsorcio

consortium [kənˈsɔːtɪəm] nconsortium m, comptoir m

consortium [kənˈsɔːtɪəm] nKonsortium nt

consortium [kənˈsɔːtɪəm] nconsorzio

consortium
n consortium [kənˈsoːtiəm, (American ) -ʃiəm]
an association, union, especially of bankers or businessmen. konsortium جَمْعِيَّه، إتِّحاد، مَجْموعَة تِجارِيَّه консорциум asociace, společenství konsortium die Vereinigung κοινοπραξία επιχειρηματιών ή τραπεζών consorcio konsortsium کنسرسیوم konsortio consortium אִגוּד कंसोर्टियम, अल्प कालीन संघटन konzorcij konzorcium konsorsium félag, samtök consorzio (国際) 借款団 연합, 조합 konsorciumas konsorcijs konsortium consortium konsortium, fagforening, interesseorganisasjon konsorcjum consórcio consorţiu консорциум konzorcium konzorcij konzorcijum konsortium ความเป็นหุ้นส่วนกัน konsorsiyum, birlikte çalışan şirketler grubu 協會, 聯盟, (國際) 財團等 консорціум يونين، انجمن công-xooc-xiom , , ()


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Library consortia are considered as a possible solution to these financial problems.
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