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  • 1consortium — con·sor·tium /kən sȯr shəm; shē əm/ n pl sor·tia / shə, shē ə/ also sortiums [Latin, sharing, partnership, from consort consors sharer, partner] 1: an agreement, combination, or group (as of companies) formed to undertake an enterprise beyond… …

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  • 2consortium — [ kɔ̃sɔrsjɔm ] n. m. • 1869; mot angl. , du lat. « association » ♦ Groupement d entreprises constitué pour la réalisation d une opération financière ou économique. Des consortiums d achat (⇒ comptoir) . Consortium bancaire, pour le financement d… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 3consortium — 1829, from L. consortium fellowship, participation, society, from consors (gen. consortis; see CONSORT (Cf. consort)). Earlier, in British law, a term for right of husband s access to his wife …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4Consortĭum — (Consortio, lat.), 1) Gesellschaft; 2) Ehe …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 5consortium — has a plural consortiums or (occasionally) consortia …

    Modern English usage

  • 6consortium — ► NOUN (pl. consortia or consortiums) ▪ an association, typically of several companies. ORIGIN Latin, partnership …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7consortium — [kən sôrt′ē əm; kənsôr′shē əm, kən sôr′shəm] n. pl. consortia [kən sôrt′ēə, kən sôr′shēə, kən sôr′shəmə] [L, community of goods: see CONSORT] 1. a partnership or association; specif., a) a temporary alliance of two or more business firms in a… …

    English World dictionary

  • 8Consortium — This article is about the type of voluntary association. For other uses, see Consortium (disambiguation). A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities)… …

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  • 9Consortium — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Consortium (homonymie). Un consortium (du latin signifiant « partenariat » ou « association ») est une collaboration temporaire entre plusieurs acteurs à un projet ou programme dans le but d… …

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  • 10consortium — A group of companies that cooperate and share resources in order to achieve a common objective. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * consortium con‧sor‧ti‧um [kənˈsɔːtiəm ǁ ɔːr ] noun consortiums PLURALFORM or consortia [ tiə] [countable] …

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