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Synonyms for syndicate

Grammar : Noun
Spell : noun sin-di-kit; verb sin-di-keyt
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈsɪn dɪ kɪt; verb ˈsɪn dɪˌkeɪt

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Définition of syndicate

Origin :
  • 1620s, "council or body of representatives," from French syndicat, from syndic "representative of a corporation" (see syndic). Meaning "combination of persons or companies to carry out some commercial undertaking" first occurs 1865. Publishing sense of "association of publishers for purchasing articles, etc., for simultaneous publication in a number of newspapers" is from 1889. (Syndication "publication, broadcast, or ownership by a syndicate" is attested from 1925.) As a synonym for "organized crime, the Mob" it is recorded from 1929.
  • noun group of business entities
Example sentences :
  • His mind was at rest about the syndicate report now that it had been mailed to London.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • We have smelters; they are closed at the order of a syndicate in this city.
  • Extract from : « An American Suffragette » by Isaac N. Stevens
  • The name selected by the syndicate for their new building was "The Globe."
  • Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
  • When this syndicate was organized, or who constituted its members, we cannot say.
  • Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
  • It's this syndicate business that your father has got mixed up in.
  • Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts
  • When our syndicate was starting we wanted a manager for the export end.
  • Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts
  • But this time the object of his attention was no longer the syndicate's depot.
  • Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts
  • A telephone receiver similar to that at the syndicate's depot was within.
  • Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts
  • He wouldn't join the syndicate unless he was in difficulties.
  • Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts
  • With luck, the syndicate would get him off with a couple of years at Quentin.
  • Extract from : « Gun for Hire » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

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