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cooperative society

British

noun

Often shortened to: coop. co-op. a commercial enterprise owned and managed by and for the benefit of customers or workers

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Lichen is not a plant at all but a cooperative society of algae and fungi.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2022

These findings put a frame around the cooperative society that has lately emerged in Houston: It is a beautiful anomaly, a liquid note of silver momentarily liberated from its sheath of rust.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2017

To expand their group of workers and supporters, the cooperative society established a newspaper, the Altrurian, to share news about their progress nationwide.

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2017

Individuals huddled for warmth, fed one another, and guarded their groups from danger, all seeming to be cogs in a larger cooperative society.

From Scientific American • Sep. 13, 2011

A cooperative society was formed and in two weeks shares were sold to the value of two thousand dollars.

From Consumers' Cooperative Societies in New York State by Consumers' League of New York, The

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