syndicate

syndicate
I. noun Etymology: French syndicat, from syndic Date: 1624 1. a. a council or body of syndics b. the office or jurisdiction of a syndic 2. an association of persons officially authorized to undertake a duty or negotiate business 3. a. a group of persons or concerns who combine to carry out a particular transaction or project b. cartel 2 c. a loose association of racketeers in control of organized crime 4. a business concern that sells materials for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously 5. a group of newspapers under one management II. verb (-cated; -cating) Date: 1882 transitive verb 1. to subject to or manage as a syndicate 2. a. to sell (as a cartoon) to a syndicate or for publication in many newspapers or periodicals at once; also to sell the work of (as a writer) in this way <
a syndicated columnist
> b. to sell (as a series of television programs) directly to local stations intransitive verb to unite to form a syndicate • syndication noun • syndicator noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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