See Also: COOPERATIVE(finance)
cooperative(dictionary)
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Cooperative(money)
cooperative 1, adjective(dictionary)
cooperative 2, noun(dictionary)
BROOKLYN COOPERATIVE(finance)
BRIGHTON COOPERATIVE(finance)
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cooperative (iou)



cooperative adjective & noun. Also co-operative. E17.
[Late Latin cooperativus, formed as COOPERATE verb: see -IVE. Later partly, through French cooperatif.]
A. adjective.
Working together, acting jointly; willing to cooperate; of or pertaining to cooperation. E17.
H. H. Milman Four great principles..mutually cooperative. G. Brown The Boilermakers, often accused of being troublemakers.., proved splendidly cooperative.
Pertaining to economic or industrial cooperation; based on the principle of cooperation; N. Amer. (of a dwelling) jointly owned or leased by the occupiers. E19.
cooperative farm: in which the profits are shared by all those involved in it. cooperative society a union of people for the production or distribution of goods, in which the profits are shared by the members. cooperative store a store or shop belonging to a cooperative society, the profits being shared among the members and customers.
b. noun.
A cooperationist; a member of a cooperative society. rare. E19.
A cooperative society or store; an organization or business owned by its workers or those who use its services. L19.
A dwelling jointly owned or leased by the occupiers. N. Amer. M20.
cooperatively adverb M19.
cooperativeness noun M17.
coopera'tivity noun L20.
cooperativi'zation noun the action of organizing or restructuring as a cooperative or as cooperatives M20.