consortium

IPA: kʌnsˈɔrʃiʌm

An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
An association or society.
(law) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
(biology) A group of symbiotic microbes.

Examples of "consortium" in Sentences

The composition of the consortium is not disclosed.
The Consortium was the group that funded the Agency.
He is the founder and director of the Linguistic Data Consortium.
The firm will go on to litigate several cases for the consortium.
Hapes is the homeworld of the 63 star systems of the Hapes Consortium.
Premiere Bank is a member of the consortium and the in the Philippines.
The campus is located in the B1 area of the Madrid Transports Consortium.
For the rest of the sections, the consortium agreements might need citations.
The system was delivered as a turnkey operation by a consortium led by Siemens.
Hampshire College is the youngest of the schools in the Five College Consortium.