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Noun Concept
Categories: Types of organization, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2012, Mutualism (movement), Cooperatives, Types of business entity
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cooperative  co-op  cooperative Societies  co-operative enterprises  Co-operative society
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A jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners WordNet 3.0
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A jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A cooperative is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise". Wikipedia
Autonomous association of persons or organizations Wikidata
An autonomous association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual social, economic, and cultural benefit. OmegaWiki
Any co-operative, including housing, retail, utility, agricultural, banking or worker cooperatives. Wiktionary