syndicate
pronunciation
How to pronounce syndicate in British English:
UK [ˈsɪndɪkət , ˈsɪndɪkeɪt]
How to pronounce syndicate in American English:
US [ˈsɪndɪkət , ˈsɪndɪkeɪt]
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- Noun:
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- an association of companies for some definite purpose
- a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication
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- Verb:
- join together into a syndicate
- organize into or form a syndicate
- sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations
Word Origin
- syndicate
- syndicate: [17] A syndicate was originally a ‘body of syndics’ or delegates. Syndic [17] came via Old French syndic ‘delegate’ and late Latin syndicus ‘delegate’ from Greek súndikos ‘assistant in a court of law, public advocate’. This was a compound noun formed from the prefix sun- ‘with’ and díkē ‘judgment’.
- syndicate (n.)
- 1620s, "council or body of representatives," from French syndicat (15c.), from syndic "representative of a corporation" (see syndic) + -at (see -ate (1)). Meaning "combination of capitalists or companies to carry out some commercial undertaking" first occurs 1865. Publishing sense of "association of publishers for purchasing articles, etc., for simultaneous publication in a number of newspapers" is from 1889. As a synonym for "organized crime, the Mob" it is recorded from 1929.
- syndicate (v.)
- 1889, "form into a syndicate," from syndicate (n.). Meaning "sell for simultaneous publication" is from 1889. Earlier it meant "to judge, censure" (1610s), from Medieval Latin syndicatus, past participle of syndicare. Related: Syndicated; syndicating.
Example
- 1. The syndicate looks as if it is a private enterprise .
- 2. Like any good syndicate , the nfl under mr tagliabue has also mastered politics .
- 3. The syndicate itself is even more opaque .
- 4. But only to members of the syndicate .
- 5. The syndicate 's corporate structure is fiendishly complex .