Co-operative

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cooperative \Co*["o]p"er*a*tive\, a.
     Operating jointly to the same end.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Cooperative society}, a society established on the principle
        of a joint-stock association, for the production of


        commodities, or their purchase and distribution for
        consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital
        among its members.
  
     {Cooperative store}, a store established by a cooperative
        society, where the members make their purchases and share
        in the profits or losses.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cooperative
       adj 1: involving the joint activity of two or more; "the attack was
              met by the combined strength of two divisions";
              "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire
              and strong dring"; "the conjunctive focus of political
              opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united
              effort"; "joint military activities" [syn: {combined},
               {concerted}, {conjunct}, {conjunctive}, {united}]
       2: done with or working with others for a common purpose or
          benefit; "a cooperative effort" [ant: {uncooperative}]
       3: willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain
          agreement [syn: {accommodative}]
       n 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 [syn: {co-op}]
       2: an association formed and operated for the benefit of those
          using it

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  230 Moby Thesaurus words for "cooperative":
     Bund, Rochdale cooperative, accompanying, accordant, acquiescent,
     affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, alacritous, alliance, amenable,
     amicable, answerable, ardent, assemblage, associate, associated,
     association, at one, at one with, axis, band, beneficent,
     benevolent, benign, benignant, bloc, body, boutique, chain store,
     co-op, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coadunate,
     coalition, coefficient, coexistent, coexisting, coherent,
     coincident, coinciding, collaborative, collective, collectivist,
     collectivistic, college, collusive, combination, combine, combined,
     combining, commensal, commensurate, common, common market,
     communal, communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic,
     communitarian, commutual, compatible, compliant, concerted,
     concession, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring,
     confederacy, confederation, conformable, congenial, congruent,
     congruous, conjoint, conniving, consentaneous, consentient,
     consenting, consilient, consistent, consonant, conspiratorial,
     consumer cooperative, content, cooperant, cooperating,
     cooperative society, coordinate, corps, correspondent,
     corresponding, council, countinghouse, country store, coworking,
     credit union, customs union, department store, dime store,
     discount house, discount store, disposed, docile, eager,
     economic community, ecumenic, emporium, en rapport, enthusiastic,
     equivalent, establishment, fain, favorable, favorably disposed,
     favorably inclined, federation, fellow, five-and-ten, forward,
     free trade area, friendly, game, gang, general, general store,
     group, grouping, harmonious, harmonized, house, in accord,
     in agreement, in common, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization,
     in the mind, in the mood, inaccordance, inclined, inharmony, joint,
     kind, kindly, kindly-disposed, league, like-minded, machine,
     magasin, mail-order house, market, mart, meeting, minded, mob,
     mutual, neighborly, noncompetitive, of a piece, of like mind,
     of one mind, on all fours, parasitic, partnership, pliant,
     political machine, popular, positive, post, predisposed, prompt,
     prone, propitious, proportionate, public, quick, ready,
     ready and willing, receptive, reciprocal, reconcilable, responsive,
     retail store, ring, salon, saprophytic, self-consistent, shop,
     social, socialistic, societal, society, store, supermarket,
     symbiotic, synchronized, synchronous, synergetic, synergic,
     synergistic, tractable, trading post, unanimous, uncompetitive,
     uniform, union, unisonant, unisonous, united, uniting,
     variety shop, variety store, warehouse, wareroom, well-affected,
     well-disposed, well-inclined, well-intentioned, well-meaning,
     well-meant, wholesale house, willed, willing, willinghearted,
     zealous