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syn·di·cate
(sĭn′dĭ-kĭt)n.
1. An association of people or firms formed to promote a common interest or carry out a business enterprise.
2. A loose affiliation of gangsters in control of organized criminal activities.
3. An agency that sells articles, features, or photographs for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously.
4. A company consisting of a number of separate newspapers; a newspaper chain.
5. The office, position, or jurisdiction of a syndic or body of syndics.
v. (-kāt′) syn·di·cat·ed, syn·di·cat·ing, syn·di·cates
v.tr.
1.
a. To organize into or manage as a syndicate.
b. To sell (a horse) to a syndicate.
2. To sell (a comic strip or column, for example) through a syndicate for simultaneous publication in newspapers or periodicals.
3. To sell (a television series, for example) directly to independent stations.
4.
a. To create a feed for (a website), allowing users to include content from the website in other websites or to view the content.
b. To include (the contents of a website) on another website by using a feed.
v.intr.
To join together in a syndicate.
[French syndicat, from Old French, office of syndic, from Medieval Latin syndicātus, from Late Latin syndicus, syndic; see syndic.]
syn′di·ca′tion n.
syn′di·ca′tor n.
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syndicate
n
1. (Economics) an association of business enterprises or individuals organized to undertake a joint project requiring considerable capital
2. (Journalism & Publishing) a news agency that sells articles, photographs, etc, to a number of newspapers for simultaneous publication
3. (Economics) any association formed to carry out an enterprise or enterprises of common interest to its members
4. (Education) a board of syndics or the office of syndic
5. (Historical Terms) (in Italy under the Fascists) a local organization of employers or employees
vb
6. (Journalism & Publishing) (tr) to sell (articles, photographs, etc) to several newspapers for simultaneous publication
7. (Broadcasting) (tr) US to sell (a programme or programmes) to several local commercial television or radio stations
8. to form a syndicate of (people)
[C17: from Old French syndicat office of a syndic]
ˌsyndiˈcation n
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syn•di•cate
(n. ˈsɪn dɪ kɪt; v. -ˌkeɪt)n., v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. n.
1. a group of individuals or organizations combined or cooperating to undertake some specific duty, transactions, or negotiations.
2.
a. an agency that buys articles, stories, photographs, etc., and distributes them for simultaneous publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals.
b. a chain of newspapers.
3. a group or association of gangsters controlling organized crime or one type of crime.
4. a council or body of syndics.
v.t. 5. to combine into a syndicate.
6. to publish simultaneously in a number of newspapers or periodicals.
7. to sell (a radio or television program, series, etc.) directly to independent stations.
v.i. 8. to combine to form a syndicate.
syn`di•ca′tion, n.
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Syndicate
a council or body of syndics, 1624; a combination of financiers or of newspapers proprietors, 1865.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
syndicate
Past participle: syndicated
Gerund: syndicating
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| Noun | 1. |  syndicate - a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activitiesCosa Nostra, Maffia, Mafia - a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia |
| 2. | syndicate - 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" | |
| 3. | syndicate - a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication news agency, news organisation, news organization, press agency, press association, wire service - an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically | |
| Verb | 1. | syndicate - join together into a syndicate; "The banks syndicated" syndicate - organize into or form a syndicate |
| 2. | syndicate - organize into or form a syndicate form, organize, organise - create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company" syndicate - join together into a syndicate; "The banks syndicated" | |
| 3. | syndicate - sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations sell - exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" |
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syndicate
noun
1. group, league, association, company, body, concern, institution, organization, corporation, federation, outfit (informal), consortium, confederation They formed a syndicate to buy the car.
verb
1. network, distribute Today his programme is syndicated to 500 stations.
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Translations
عَدد من الصُّحُف تَحْتَ إدارَةٍ واحِدَهمَجْلِس أو إتحاد أصْحاب رُؤوس الأموال
sdruženísvaztisková agentura
avisgruppekonsortium
sajtóügynökségszindikátus
bandalag, samtök
sindikatas
sindikāts
tlačová agentúra
sendikayayın ajansı
syndicate
A. [ˈsɪndɪkɪt] N
1. (Comm) → sindicato m, corporación f
2. (esp US) (= news agency) → agencia f de prensa; (= chain of papers) → cadena f de periódicos
3. (= criminals) crime syndicate → banda f de malhechores, cuadrilla f de bandidos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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syndicate
n → Interessengemeinschaft f; (for gambling) → Wettgemeinschaft f; (Comm) → Syndikat nt, → Verband m; (Press) → (Presse)zentrale f; (= crime syndicate) → Ring m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
syndicate
[n ˈsɪndɪkɪt; vb ˈsɪndɪˌkeɪt]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
syndicate
(ˈsindikət) noun1. a council or number of persons who join together to manage a piece of business.
2. a group of newspapers under the same management.
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