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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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Nearby words

  1. cooperative,
  2. cooperative bank,
  3. cooperative farm,
  4. cooperative party,
  5. cooperative society,
  6. cooperativity,
  7. coopered joint,
  8. cooperite,
  9. cooperstown,
  10. coopery

Origin of cooperative store

First recorded in 1850–55
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