1. a retail store owned and managed by consumer-customers who supply the capital and share in the profits by patronage dividends.
2. a store operated by a farmers' cooperative organization or by a cooperative chain.
[ 1850-55 ]
1. a retail store owned and managed by consumer-customers who supply the capital and share in the profits by patronage dividends.
2. a store operated by a farmers' cooperative organization or by a cooperative chain.
[ 1850-55 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012