consortium
noun
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
consortia
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pluralof consortium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But consortia funding these projects include publicly traded companies.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
"Most large atlases like this require large consortia with dozens of laboratories but our method is far more efficient than other approaches."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026
Financial institutions are now forming consortia for cross-border settlement.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 16, 2026
The federally funded research center employs about 830 staff, making it one of the largest consortia of scientists who study weather, climate and Earth systems using advanced models and supercomputers in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Virkkunen said companies from outside the EU could participate as long as the consortia are majority-owned by European entities and no “high-risk vendors” are involved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
