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Vinony

consortium

noun

  1. association of legal entities, usually businesses
  2. community of microorganisms
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kənˈsɔː.ʃəm/ / /kənˈsɔː.ti.əm/ / /kənˈsoɹ.ʃəm/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Italic *sortis Latin sors Latin cōnsors Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin cōnsortiumlbor. English consortium Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsortium.

  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.

    “We wanted to share that kind thought with you because today, November 13, is "World Kindness Day" — created back in 1998 by a consortium of kindhearted charities.”

  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.