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Cooperative   /koʊˈɑpərˌeɪtɪv/   Listen
Cooperative

adjective
1.
Involving the joint activity of two or more.  Synonyms: concerted, conjunct, conjunctive.  "The conjunct influence of fire and strong wind" , "The conjunctive focus of political opposition" , "A cooperative effort" , "A united effort" , "Joint military activities"
2.
Done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit.
3.
Willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement.  Synonym: accommodative.
noun
1.
A jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners.  Synonym: co-op.
2.
An association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it.



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"Cooperative" Quotes from Famous Books



... believer in Co-operation, but it must be Co-operation based on the spirit of benevolence. I don't see how any pacific re-adjustment of the social and economic relations between classes in this country can be effected except by the gradual substitution of cooperative associations for the present wages system. As you will see in subsequent chapters, so far from there being anything in my proposals that would militate in any way against the ultimate adoption of the co-operative solution of the question, I look to Co-operation ...
— "In Darkest England and The Way Out" • General William Booth
... be ready in fifteen days to fill orders for tickets in the grand distribution of five millions of dollars' worth of goods, the drawing of which is to take place in the building of the New York Jewellers' Cooperative Union, November 16, 1868. By order of ...
— The Secrets Of The Great City • Edward Winslow Martin
... and harvest crops, for this, too, the company will advance a reasonable sum, taking as security a mortgage on crops and equipment until the loan has been paid off. This mortgage bears interest at 8 per cent. while the interest on the mortgage on the land is not more than 6 per cent. Through cooperative effort within this colony it is proposed to develop such organizations as cooperative dairy, fruit growing, poultry, and livestock associations and thus make it possible for the members of the colony to make not only a comfortable living but to ...
— Booker T. Washington - Builder of a Civilization • Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe
... article that was voted "Best Read of 1953," Bethurum told how the little men he met had been more cooperative and had actually taken him into their saucer, a huge job 300 feet in diameter and 16 ...
— The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects • Edward Ruppelt
... the cooperative settlement described in it were suggested to Hawthorne by his Brook Farm experience, although he disclaims any attempt to present an actual picture of that community. The idea of the division of labor, ...
— History of American Literature • Reuben Post Halleck


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