| Main Entry: | syndicate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of business entities |
Synonyms: |
association, board, bunch, cabinet, cartel, chain, chamber, combine, committee, company, conglomerate, council, crew, gang, group, megacorp, mob, multinational, organization, outfit, partnership, pool, ring, trust, union |
| Main Entry: | affiliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association with an organization |
Synonyms: |
alliance, amalgamation, banding together, bunch, cahoots, clan, coalition, combination, confederation, conjunction, connection, crew, crowd, gang, hookup, incorporation, joining, league, merging, mob, outfit, partnership, relationship, ring, syndicate, tie-in, union |
| Main Entry: | association |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group with common interest or pursuit |
Synonyms: |
affiliation, alliance, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combo, company, confederacy, confederation, congress, cooperative, corporation, crew, crowd, family, federation, fellowship, fraternity, gang, guild, hookup, league, mob, order, organization, outfit, partnership, pool, rat pack, ring, society, sodality, sorority, syndicate, tie-in, tie-up, tribe, troops, troupe, union, zoo |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | company, enterprise |
Synonyms: |
Mom and Pop, cartel, concern, corporation, establishment, factory, firm, fly-by-night operation, house, institution, market, megacorp, mill, monopoly, organization, outfit, partnership, setup, shoestring operation, shop, store, syndicate, trust, venture |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
| Main Entry: | cartel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group which shares business interest |
Synonyms: |
bunch*, chain, combine, conglomerate, consortium, corporation, crew*, crowd*, gang*, holding company, megacorp, mob*, monopoly, multinational, outfit*, plunderbund, pool, ring*, syndicate, trust |
| Main Entry: | chain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | succession, series |
Synonyms: |
alternation, catena, concatenation, conglomerate, consecution, continuity, group, order, progression, row, sequence, set, string, syndicate, train, trust |
| Main Entry: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance, association |
Synonyms: |
affiliation, bloc, cabal, cahoots, camarilla, cartel, circle, clique, club, coadunation, coalition, combine, compound, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, consortium, conspiracy, coterie, faction, federation, gang, guild, hookup, mafia, melding, mergence, merger, merging, partnership, party, pool, ring, set, syndicate, tie-up, trust, unification, union |
Antonyms: |
dissolution, disunion, separation, severance |
| Main Entry: | company |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business concern |
Synonyms: |
association, business, concern, corporation, enterprise, establishment, firm, house, megacorp, multinational, outfit, partnership, syndicate |
| Main Entry: | conglomerate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composite organization |
Synonyms: |
agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, cartel, chain, combine, conglomeration, group, multinational, pool, syndicate, trust |
| Main Entry: | corporation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business organization, usually large |
Synonyms: |
association, bunch, business, clan, company, corporate body, crew, crowd, enterprise, gang, hookup, jungle*, legal entity, megacorp, mob, multinational, octopus, outfit, partnership, ring, shell, society, syndicate, zoo |