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Definition: Syndicate |
SyndicateNoun1. A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities. 2. An association of companies for some definite purpose. 3. A news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication. Verb1. Form a syndicate. 2. Sell articles or photos to several publications. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "syndicate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | A conspiracy to extend the modest business established by Captain Kidd. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Finance | A group of investment banks or financial institutions which guarantee to buy(underwrite)on a wholesale basis a new securities issue from the issue and offer it for resale to investors; a group of banks which join together to raise medium-term finance for governments, financial institutions or other entities. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Group of bond houses which act together in underwriting and distributing a new securities issue. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| (1) a temporary association of two or more persons formed to carry out some specific business venture, such as the development of large-scale real estate projects. (2) a group of securities dealers who work together to distribute a new issue of securities. (references) | |
Law | A combination, usually of two or more large international companies, formed for a special and limited common purpose, such as to act as one in bargaining for a contract for very big building works, nuclear power stations, dams, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | A business concern that sells to the press materials (as special articles, photographs, or comic strips) for publication in a number of newspapers. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word comes from the French word syndicat which means administrator especially in matters regarding a certain geographical area, from the latin word syndicus which in turn comes from the Greek word σύνδικος (syndikos) which means caretaker of an issue, compare to ombudsman or representative.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Syndicate."
Synonyms: SyndicateSynonyms: consortium (n), mob (n), pool (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: syndicating (publishing & graphic artslawfinance). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Council | Senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim; classis; Amphictyonic council; duma, house of representatives; legislative assembly, legislative council; riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate; court of appeal; (tribunal); board of control, board of works; vestry; county council, local board. |
Party | Society, association; institute, institution; union; trades union; league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination; Turnverein; league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive; coalition; federation; confederation, confederacy; junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue; freemasonry; party spirit; (cooperation). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Syndicate |
| English words defined with "syndicate": agent bank ♦ capo, Cosa Nostra ♦ hit ♦ lead bank ♦ Maffia, Mafia ♦ syndication, syndicator. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "syndicate": after hours market curb, after market ♦ euroequity issues ♦ introduction prospectus ♦ offering circular ♦ placement memorandum, placing memorandum ♦ sell-down, selling group, signing AP, stamp allocated capacity, syndicated. (references) |
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Screenplays | You might remember, a while ago you were done a favor by ourhow shall I put thismafia crime syndicate. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) He had over sixty shares in the syndicate. (Catch-22; writing credit: Buck Henry) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Sin Syndicate (1967) Chicago Syndicate (1955) | |
Song Titles | P.A.S.S.I.O.N. (performing artist: Rythm Syndicate) Little Girl (performing artist: Syndicate of Sound) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | [Mother with an infant and a toddler sit on an unmade bed] / United Features Syndicate. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Thus did the Great Squab Syndicate soar. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Syndicate and St. Paul Bldg., Broadway, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
La Times Syndicate | People who wrestle with their consciences usually go for two falls out of three. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Morocco | On April 22, the Moroccan National Press Syndicate (SNPM) also criticized the incident. (references) |
Yemen | The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate defends freedom of the press and publicizes human rights concerns. (references) | |
Yemen | Critics claim that the syndicate is ineffective because it has too many nonjournalist members who support government policy. (references) | |
Economic History | Syria | Mamdouh RAHABY: Salhieh, Dentists' Syndicate Building, 3rd floor, tel: 963-11-2221428 (office), 963-11-3332905 (home). (references) |
Brazil | According to SINDAM (Animal Health Industry National Syndicate) there are 10,000 pet shops in Brazil, 15 importers/distributors, and 1,100 veterinary clinics where products are sold. (references) | |
Slovak Rep | The government hopes to open the tender in October and sell the stake not later than the end of 2001. A consortium of German Ruhrgas, Gas de France and Italy's Snam and a rival syndicate of German Wintershall and RWE Gas have already expressed an interest in SPP, as has Russia's Gazprom. (references) | |
Political Rights | Egypt | Most observers believe that the Government was seeking to undermine the Muslim Brotherhood's participation in the People's Assembly and professional syndicate elections through intimidation. (references) |
Trade | Mauritius | The following state enterprises control the import of several commodities: State Trading Corporation (rice, wheat flour, petroleum, cement), Agricultural Marketing Board (products that compete with domestic produce, e.g potatoes and onions), Tea Board, Tobacco Board and the Mauritius Sugar Syndicate. (references) |
Worker Rights | South Africa | It is reported that women from Eastern Europe are trafficked by a well-organized syndicate that is run by ex-military personnel of senior rank. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Syndicate" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.30% of the time. "Syndicate" is used about 237 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90.3% | 214 | 20,696 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.22% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.8% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.69% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 237 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| India | Shervani Industrial Syndicate Limited | Malaysia | The Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate Berhad |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "syndicate": financial syndicate ♦ Lloyd's syndicate ♦ managing syndicate ♦ selling syndicate ♦ syndicate leader ♦ syndicate manager ♦ syndicate of banks ♦ underwriting syndicate. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "syndicate": non-syndicate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "syndicate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sindikatë (combine, syndication, trade union, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مجموعة صحف خاضعة لإدارة واحدة, مؤسسة تبيع مواد للنشر, نقابة (brotherhood, corporation, guild, order, organization), نشر عن طريق وسيط, وحد في نقابة, إنضم الي نقابة (organize), باع المقالات الصحفية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | обединявам в синдикат, обединение (coalition, combine, consolidation, incorporation, merger, trust, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 聯合組" , 企业"合组织, 系 (newspaper chain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | syndikát, spolek (association, club, guild, society), sdružení (association, clearing house, corporation, guild, society, union), konsorcium (consortium), družstvo (co op, contingent, coop, cooperative, partnership, squad, team). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fagforening (corporation, labour-union, trade-union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | syndicaat (labour-union, trade-union), vakvereniging (corporation, labour-union, trade-union), vakbond (labour-union, trade-union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | sindikato (labour-union, trade-union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تشکیل اتحادیه دادن , سندیکا, اتحادیه صنفی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | syndikaatti (management group, managing group, managing syndicate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | syndicat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | fakferiening (corporation, labour-union, trade-union), fakbûn (labour-union, trade-union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Syndikat (labour-union, trade-union), Konsortium (consortium), Arbeitsgemeinschaft (society, work group, working group). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνδικάτο (trade union, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לא'" (merge, organize, wad), ל"פיץ "רך רשת, "תא'"ות (association, organization, union), סי "יקט. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szindikátus, testület (advisory board, college, corporation, corps, establishment, plenum, public body), tőkecsoport, sajtóügynökség (press agency), konzorcium (consortium), konszern (holding company), intézőség (stewardship), intézőbizottság, hírszolgálati iroda, hírügynökség (news agency, press association). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mempersatukan (unite), kongsi (chain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sindacato (association, labor union, labour union, trade union, tradeunion, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 企業連合 (cartel), シンクロ納入 (Cincinatti, Cinderella, Cinderella boy, Cinderella complex, cymbals, one-base hit, one-handed catch, scintigram, scintillation camera, single, single bed, single cut, single match, single mother, single player, single-breasted suit, singles, sympathetic, sympathizer, sympathy, synchronous supply, syncopation, syndicate loan, syndrome, syntax, synthesizer, thinner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きぎょうれ""う (cartel), シンジケート . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | ""케이트. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yndicatesay sindicato (labor union, labour union, trade union), consórcio (cartel, consortium). (various references) sindicat (combine, trade union, union), sindicaliza (union), consorţiu, carte (book, card, deed, letter, playing card, schooling). (various references) синдикат (combine). (various references) sindikat (trade union). (various references) sindicato (labor union, labour union, trade union, union). (various references) syndikat (combine). (various references) บริษัทที่ขายข่าวให้หนังสือพิมพ์หรือสื่อต่างๆ, สมาคม (guild, lodge), ขายข่าวให้สื่อพิมพ์ต่างๆ. (various references) sendikalaştırmak, sendikal, sendika aracılığı ile satmak, sendika (trade union, union), kartelleştirmek, kartel (cartel, combination, combine, pool, ring, water barrel), devlet memurları birliği, şirketleştirmek. (various references) синдикувати, синдикат, купувати інформацію для друкування, агенство преси, яке прода" свою інформацію для одноча. (various references) Xanhđica, nhóm người thuê chung chỗ câu, công đo n (trade-union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "syndicate": syndicated, syndicates. (additional references) | |
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"Syndicate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sindicut, sydicate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "syndicate" (pronounced si"ndikut or si"ndukā't) |
| 4 | -i k u t | affricate, certificate, indelicate, tourniquet, triplicate, tunicate. |
| 3 | -k u t | advocate, aftermarket, basket, Becket, biscuit, blanket, breadbasket, brisket, bucket, casket, circuit, cricket, delicate, docket, duplicate, etiquette, gasket, hypermarket, intricate, jacket, junket, market, microcircuit, musket, Newmarket, packet, patriarchate, picket, pickpocket, pocket, premarket, racket, racquet, remarket, rocket, silicate, skyrocket, socket, sprocket, straitjacket, thicket, ticket, trinket, upmarket, wastebasket, wicket. |
| 7 | -i" n d u k ā' t | indicate. |
| 5 | -d u k ā' t | abdicate, dedicate, eradicate, predicate, rededicate. |
| 4 | -u k ā' t | allocate, aluminosilicate, authenticate, communicate, complicate, deprecate, domesticate, educate, equivocate, excommunicate, extricate, fabricate, intoxicate, misallocate, pontificate, prognosticate, reciprocate, reeducate, replicate, suffocate. |
| 3 | -k ā' t | adjudicate, bifurcate, cheapskate, confiscate, implicate, inculcate, locate, lubricate, medicate, obfuscate, prefabricate, sophisticate, truncate. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: asyndetic. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-n-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: cyanides, cyanites, distance, dynastic, syndetic. | |
-2 letters: acetins, candies, cineast, cyanide, cyanids, cyanite, cystein, cystine, decants, density, descant, destain, destiny, detains, discant, edacity, incased, instead, sainted, scanted, stained. | |
-3 letters: acetin, actins, antics, ascend, ascent, cadent, cadets, canids, canted, casein, centai, centas, cyanid, dainty, dances, decant, decays, detain, dicast, dynast, edicts, enacts, enatic, encyst, incase. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-n-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: syndicated, syndicates. | |
+2 letters: predynastic. | |
+3 letters: discrepantly, syndactylies, syndetically, tyrannicides. | |
+4 letters: asyndetically, clandestinely, clandestinity, considerately, constrainedly, discretionary. | |
+5 letters: aerodynamicist, consuetudinary, disconsolately, hedonistically, incandescently, insecticidally, peptidoglycans, thermodynamics, uncrystallized. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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