syndicate
n. · v.-
1 business group (n.) C1 Advanced Formala 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.
ExampleA syndicate of international banks provided the funding for the new bridge.
ExampleThe investment syndicate pooled their resources to acquire the distressed assets before the market could recover.
UsageOften used with 'of' followed by the members of the group.
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2 to distribute media (v.) C1 Advanced Technicalto 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.
ExampleThe popular comic strip is syndicated in over a thousand newspapers worldwide.
ExampleAfter the sitcom reached its hundredth episode, the production company began to syndicate the reruns to local networks across the country.
UsageFrequently used in the passive voice.
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”).
From the noun or French syndiquer, either on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).