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Consortium   /kənsˈɔrʃiəm/  /kənsˈɔrʃjəm/   Listen
Consortium

noun
(pl. consortiums, consortia)
1.
An association of companies for some definite purpose.  Synonyms: pool, syndicate.






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"Consortium" Quotes from Famous Books



... asked for renewed promises. He submitted an account of the total sum, and demanded an endorsement. But it was impossible for any one to make head or tail out of this welter of interest, commissions, indemnities, and usury. Herr Carovius himself no longer knew precisely how matters stood; for a consortium of subsequent indorsers had been formed behind his back, and they were exploiting his zeal on behalf of the young Baron for all it ...
— The Goose Man • Jacob Wassermann

... export oil in 2004. Chad's economy has long been handicapped by its land-locked position, high energy costs, and a history of instability. Chad relies on foreign assistance and foreign capital for most public and private sector investment projects. A consortium led by two US companies is investing $3.7 billion to develop oil reserves estimated at 1 billion barrels in ...
— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government

... Shakespeare is right, "Marriage is a world-without-end bargain," for love is felt to be eternal. The old Roman digest interprets nature with philosophic accuracy when it describes marriage as "Conjunctio maris et feminae et consortium omnis vitae, divini et humani juris communicatio". "The union of man and woman and the companionship of all life, the sharing of right, human and divine." That is the majestic conception of matrimony as it took shape in the brain of those Roman masters of jurisprudence to whom we owe the law ...
— Morality as a Religion - An exposition of some first principles • W. R. Washington Sullivan



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