cooperative – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
cooperative
adj.
willing to work together; pertaining to a collectively owned and operated business, jointly run
n.
coop, collective, collectively owned and operated business
Cooperative
A
co-operative (also known as
co-op,
cooperative or
coop) is an
autonomous association of persons united
voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and
democratically controlled
business. Cooperatives include non-profit community organizations and businesses that are owned and managed by the people who use their services (a
consumer cooperative) or by the people who work there (a
worker cooperative) or by the people who live there (a
housing cooperative), hybrids such as worker cooperatives that are also consumer cooperatives or
credit unions, multi-stakeholder cooperatives such as those that bring together civil society and local actors to deliver community needs, and second and third tier cooperatives whose members are other cooperatives.
cooperative
Noun
1. a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
(synonym) co-op
(hypernym) commercial enterprise
2. an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
(hypernym) association
Adjective
1. involving the joint activity of two or more; "the attack was met by the combined strength of two divisions"; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong dring"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities"
(synonym) combined, concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, united
(similar) joint
2. done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit; "a cooperative effort"
(antonym) uncooperative
(similar) collaborative
(see-also) helpful
3. willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement
(synonym) accommodative
(similar) noncompetitive
coopérative
nf.
Co-op, co-operative, co-operation
coopératif
adj.
co-operative, cooperating
cooperativa
nf.
cooperative, coop, collectively owned and operated business
cooperativo
adj.
cooperative, jointly run
