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Cooperative  adj.  Operating jointly to the same end.
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.






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"Cooperative" Quotes from Famous Books



... has to, you see. He's got together a few cattle, mostly stolen I imagine; but he doesn't try to work the land. Moreover he's established this community, composed of his suffering fellow exiles, the secret of which lies in the fact that we work the cooperative plan, and all chip in our remittances to boil the common pot. We can keep more servants and buy more food and drink, that way, than if each one of ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John • Edith Van Dyne

... motive, but has so many dangers that it should be used sparingly. The cooperative spirit is the kind that the school should cultivate, and heated competition does not readily lead to cooperation. There is, however, much profit and no danger in making comparisons ...
— How To Study and Teaching How To Study • F. M. McMurry

... America, Mrs. Harris and I will make our wills in accordance with the above. It is our desire that, when you reach home, you both enter at once upon the development of your plans, of a cooperative manufacturing corporation, in accordance with the views which you have so frequently mentioned. In the execution of these plans, you may use, if necessary, five millions. With ...
— The Harris-Ingram Experiment • Charles E. Bolton

... whether his character is lost or not. The healthy-minded public (which can be trusted in heart, if not in head) will instinctively choose that treatment of life in a piece of fiction which shows the author kindly cooperative with fate and brotherly in his position towards his host of readers. That is the reason Dickens holds his own and is extremely likely to gain in the future, while spectacular reputations based on all the virtues save love, continue to die the death. ...
— Masters of the English Novel - A Study Of Principles And Personalities • Richard Burton



Words linked to "Cooperative" :   conjunct, synergetic, uncooperative, cooperate, conjunctive, noncompetitive, collaborative, synergistic, helpful, co-op



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