syndicate

Meaning

Noun

1. A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
2. A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
3. A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
4. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become a syndicate.
2. (transitive) To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.
3. (transitive) To release media content through a syndicate to be broadcast or published through multiple outlets.

Synonyms

consortium

union

trade union

combine

pool

group

labor union

association

ally

associate

cartel

coalition

connect

family

👪

labour-union

mob

trades union

trade-union

crime syndicate

investment group

attach

copyright

©️

deal

dispose

distribute

trust

federation

foundation

agglomeration

guild

hook up

interlock

join

junction

knot

🪢

alliance

labour union

alien

👽

league

leash

liquidize

log-on

be connected

monopoly

move

organization

patent

pitch

alinement

sell

Translations

syndicat

sindicato

syndicaat

vakvereniging

sindicato

vakbond

Syndikat

consortium

sindacato

consórcio

Konsortium

sendika

Arbeitsgemeinschaft

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪndɪkət/

Etymology

Cognate with Italian: sindacato

Cognate with Occitan: sendegat

Cognate with Portuguese: sindicato

Cognate with Spanish: sindicado

In summary

Anglicized from French syndicat (“office of a syndic; board of syndics; trade union”) on the basis of -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a group formed of people of this same office), equivalent to syndic (“syndic; representative; (especially) chief magistrate of Geneva”) + -at (“-ate”, forms nouns denoting rank or office), from Medieval Latin *syndicātus, from syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town; syndic”) (from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate for a defendant”), from σύν (sún, “beside; with”) + δίκη (díkē, “judgment; justice”)) + -ātus (“-ate”). By surface analysis, syndic + -ate.
Compare Italian sindacato (“syndicate; trade union; audit, control, supervision”), Occitan sendegat, Portuguese sindicato (“trade union”), Spanish sindicado, sindicato (“office of a syndic; syndicate; trade union”).