cooperative

Pluralcooperatives

1. 1
   adjective

   Willing to work with another person or as part of a team.

   The witness was fully cooperative, answering every question the detectives asked.

   A cooperative attitude from both sides made the negotiation surprisingly smooth.

   Similarhelpful, obliging, accommodating, willing, compliant

   Oppositeuncooperative, obstructive, unhelpful, unwilling

2. 2
   adjective

   Involving joint action or shared effort between individuals or parties.

   The research was a cooperative venture between three universities and a hospital.

   Cooperative farming let neighboring families share equipment and labor during the harvest.

   Similarjoint, collaborative, shared, collective, combined

   Oppositeindividual, competitive

3. 3
   nouncountable

   A business owned partly or wholly by its employees, customers, or tenants.

   The workers bought out the factory and turned it into a cooperative.

   Members of the housing cooperative vote on major repairs and the annual budget.

   Similarco-op, collective

4. 4
   adjective

   Relating to a member-owned business or to member-owned businesses in general.

   The conference focused on cooperative governance and member voting rights.

   Cooperative banking expanded rapidly across rural regions in the early 1900s.

   Similarmutual

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