SYNDICATE

I. noun Etymology: French syndicat, from syndic Date: 1624 1. a council or body of syndics, the office or jurisdiction of a syndic, an association of persons officially authorized to undertake a duty or negotiate business, 3. a group of persons or concerns who combine to carry out a particular transaction or project, cartel 2, a loose association of racketeers in control of organized crime, a business concern that sells materials for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously, a group of newspapers under one management, II. verb (-cated; -cating) Date: 1882 transitive verb to subject to or manage as a ~, 2. to sell (as a cartoon) to a ~ or for publication in many newspapers or periodicals at once, to sell (as a series of television programs) directly to local stations, intransitive verb to unite to form a ~, syndication noun syndicator noun