consortium

n. partnership

A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal. Consortium is a Latin word, meaning 'partnership, association or society' and derives from consors 'partner', itself from con- 'together' and sors 'fate', meaning owner of means or comrade.
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Noun
1. an association of companies for some definite purpose
(synonym) pool, syndicate
(hypernym) association
(hyponym) trust, corporate trust, combine, cartel

n. consortium, partnership

n. consortium, partnership, syndicate