co-operatives

as inassociation
as inorganization
as inpartnership
as intenement
as incollective farm
as inwarehouse store
as incommune
as infactory
as inapartment

Synonyms for co-operatives

noun group with common interest or pursuit

Antonyms for co-operatives

Word Origin & History

also co-operative, c.1600, from Late Latin cooperat-, past participle stem of cooperari (see cooperation) + -ive. Political economy sense is from 1808, from the pre-Marx communist movement. The noun meaning "a cooperative store" is from 1883; meaning "a cooperative society" is from 1921.

Example Sentences for co-operatives

From 1906 onward there had been an enormous growth of co-operatives in Russia.

Co-operatives of production were formed without any such elaborate preparation as outlined above.

Naturally "co-operatives" are favored as a step toward the "Co-operative Commonwealth," which is what the Socialist dreamers want.

First among these hopeful and promising facts was the marvelous growth of the Consumers' Co-operatives.

We find the same readiness to compromise and to follow the line of least resistance in dealing with the co-operatives.