cooperative
adjective
working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
co-operative
-
a variation of
cooperative.
Example Sentences
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When someone moves out, the co-operative looks at what they paid moving in then compares with national and local house price trends to decide on a fair percentage increase in value.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Simon Willis, chief executive of Cambridge-based grain storage co-operative Camgrain, says drought conditions mean this year's crops have not been able to reach their full potential.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Dairy co-operative First Milk, which has a large cheese-processing plant in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, is trying to address the situation with all 700 of its farmers across the UK - including 200 in west Wales.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Manchester's cotton traders championed free trade and liberal economics, at the same time as the emergence of the co-operative movement, the trade unions and the Suffragettes.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
I couldn't see them so I addressed the microphone and the co-operative voice before me.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
