consortium
noun/kənˈsɔːtiəm/
/kənˈsɔːrʃiəm/, /kənˈsɔːrtiəm/
(plural consortiums, consortia
/kənˈsɔːtiə/, /kənˈsɔːʃə/
/kənˈsɔːrtiə/, /kənˈsɔːrʃə/
)- a group of people, countries, companies, etc. who are working together on a particular project
- the Anglo-French consortium that built the Channel Tunnel
- Our company forms part of a consortium of local businesses working for environmental change.
Word Originearly 19th cent. (in the sense ‘partnership’): from Latin, from consors ‘sharing, partner’, from con- ‘together with’ + sors, sort- ‘lot, destiny’.
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