First Known Use: 1829
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consortium
noun con·sor·tium \kən-ˈsȯr-sh(ē-)əm, -ˈsȯr-tē-əm\
: a group of people, companies, etc., that agree to work together
plural con·sor·tia\-ˈsȯr-sh(ē-)ə, -ˈsȯr-tē-ə\ also con·sortiums
Full Definition of CONSORTIUM
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: an agreement, combination, or group (as of companies) formed to undertake an enterprise beyond the resources of any one member
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: the legal right of one spouse to the company, affection, and assistance of and to sexual relations with the other
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Origin of CONSORTIUM
Latin, fellowship, from consort-, consors
Related to CONSORTIUM
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- board, brotherhood, chamber, club, college, congress, association, council, fellowship, fraternity, guild (also gild), institute, institution, league, order, organization, society, sodality
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