Syndicate
['sɪndɪkət]
Definition
(noun.) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities.
(noun.) a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication.
(verb.) sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations.
(verb.) organize into or form a syndicate.
(verb.) join together into a syndicate; 'The banks syndicated'.
Edited by Davy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics.
(n.) An association of persons officially authorized to undertake some duty or to negotiate some business; also, an association of persons who combine to carry out, on their own account, a financial or industrial project; as, a syndicate of bankers formed to take up and dispose of an entire issue of government bonds.
(v. t.) To judge; to censure.
Typed by Ina
Unserious Contents or Definition
A conspiracy to extend the modest business established by Captain Kidd.
Typist: Marion
Examples
- But I am sure that it will interest Mr. Horace Harker and the subscribers of the Central Press Syndicate. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was exploited under the powerful patronage of a syndicate of newspaper men, and hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent in perfecting it before any practical results were obtained. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The first permanent Edison station in Europe was that at Milan, Italy, for which the order was given as early as May, 1882, by an enterprising syndicate. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Clearly he could not drive a tram without belonging to the syndicate. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was a member of the syndicate of tramway drivers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A short time after that a syndicate took up a man named Goebel and tried to do the same thing, but again our detective-work was too much for them. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He was introduced to us as the owner of the house--Mr. Horace Harker, of the Central Press Syndicate. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Typed by Barnaby