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cooperative store

noun

a retail store owned and managed by consumer-customers who supply the capital and share in the profits by patronage dividends.

a store operated by a farmers' cooperative organization or by a cooperative chain.

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Origin of cooperative store

First recorded in 1850–55

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019