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   cooperative

   /kəʊˈɒp(ə)rətɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. involving mutual assistance in working towards a common goal: "every member has clearly defined tasks in a cooperative enterprise" Similar collaborativecollectivecommunalcombinedcommonjointsharedmutualunitedunifiedalliedcross-partypooledmassconcertedcoordinatedinteractiveunanimousharmoniousrare:coactiveOpposite individual
   • ▪ willing to be of assistance: "they have been extremely considerate, polite, and cooperative" Similar helpfuleager to helpeager to pleaseglad to be of assistanceobligingaccommodatingindulgentcompliantcomplaisantwillingacquiescentamenablepersuadablebiddabletractablepliablepliantadaptableresponsiveinformal:easygamerare:persuasiblesuasibleOpposite uncooperative
   • ▪ (of a farm, business, etc.) owned and run jointly by its members, with profits or benefits shared among them.

   noun

   • 1. a farm, business, or other organization which is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits: "we run the agency as a workers' cooperative"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from late Latin cooperativus, from Latin cooperat- ‘worked together’, from the verb cooperari (see cooperate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. cooperativeness noun

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