syndicate

Meanings

Noun

• A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
• The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics.

Verb

• To become a syndicate.
• To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.
• To release media content through a syndicate to be broadcast or published through multiple outlets.

Origin

• From French syndicat ("office of a syndic; board of syndics; trade union"), from syndic + -at, from Medieval Latin *syndicatus, from syndicus (from Ancient Greek σύνδικος ("[[advocate#Noun"), from σύν + δίκη) + -ātus.
• Compare Italian sindacato ("syndicate; trade union; [[audit#Noun"), Occitan sendegat, Portuguese sindicato ("trade union"), Spanish sindicado, sindicato.