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syndicate

n. · v.
US //ˈsɪndəˌkeɪt// syn·di·cate
  1. 1 business group (n.)
    C1 Advanced Formal

    a group of people or companies that join together to complete a specific business deal or project.

    a group of individuals or organisations formed to transact specific business or promote a common interest. Often used in finance or large-scale procurement.

    Example

    A syndicate of international banks provided the funding for the new bridge.

    Example

    The investment syndicate pooled their resources to acquire the distressed assets before the market could recover.

    Usage

    Often used with 'of' followed by the members of the group.

  2. 2 to distribute media (v.)
    C1 Advanced Technical

    to sell or share articles, photos, or television shows to many different newspapers or channels.

    to publish or broadcast material simultaneously in a number of newspapers or through multiple television stations.

    Example

    The popular comic strip is syndicated in over a thousand newspapers worldwide.

    Example

    After the sitcom reached its hundredth episode, the production company began to syndicate the reruns to local networks across the country.

    Usage

    Frequently used in the passive voice.

Etymology 1

Anglicized from French syndicat (“office of a syndic; board of syndics; trade union”) on the basis of -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a group formed of people of this same office), equivalent to syndic (“syndic; representative; (especially) chief magistrate of Geneva”) + -at (“-ate”, forms nouns denoting rank or office), from Medieval Latin *syndicātus, from syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town; syndic”) (from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate for a defendant”), from σύν (sún, “beside; with”) + δίκη (díkē, “judgment; justice”)) + -ātus (“-ate”). By surface analysis, syndic + -ate. Compare Italian sindacato (“syndicate; trade union; audit, control, supervision”), Occitan sendegat, Portuguese sindicato (“trade union”), Spanish sindicado, sindicato (“office of a syndic; syndicate; trade union”).

Etymology 2

From the noun or French syndiquer, either on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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