cooperative
cooperative Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Willing to assist or work together with others toward a shared objective; helpful and compliant.
"The witness was very cooperative and answered all of the investigator's questions."
Involving mutual assistance in working toward a common goal.
"The successful restoration of the wetland was a cooperative effort between local residents and environmental scientists."
Relating to or organized as a business or farm owned and run jointly by its members for their mutual benefit.
"The farmers established a cooperative dairy to market their milk more effectively."
• noun
A farm, business, or other organization that is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits.
"Local coffee growers formed an agricultural cooperative to negotiate fairer export prices."
North American An apartment building owned by a corporation in which the residents hold shares that entitle them to occupy specific units, or an individual apartment within such a building.
"They decided to purchase a two-bedroom cooperative in Manhattan."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin cooperativus, derived from the past participle stem of cooperari ('to work together'), combining com- ('together') and operari ('to work', from opus, 'work').