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co-op

co-op

3.8
A business owned and run by its members who share the profits
  • noun
  • /ˈkoʊˌɑp/
translation icon : cooperativa
  • They decided to open a worker-owned co-op to ensure everyone shares in the profits and decision-making.

Whereas if you support like a food Co-op or a local small farm, right?

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Examples

  • It's the biggest worker Co-op on the planet.

  • The trouble is, everybody in the babysitting Co-op was doing exactly this.

  • I walk to the Co-op just to get this particular special ice cream.

  • Whereas if you support like a food Co-op or a local small farm, right?

  • And he sets up with six, he sets up the first worker Co-op in that area.

  • So if I, if you bought twice as much as I did in, in our little consumer Co-op, you get profit.

  • And, and I've also seen disasters where a group of middle class folks will build a Co-op for those poor people.

  • Murray Luck who started annual reviews, also started the Co-op that used to be the Co-op market in Palo Alto.

  • If you live in an area where there's Csas or you belong to some sort of a Co-op where you could get fresh produce directly from farmers, do that.

  • The local food co-op offers fresh produce and organic products grown by community members.

Synonyms

company
vsco-op
1.0

A business that makes and sells things or offers services for money

is owned and run by members for mutual benefit rather than mainly for profit
organization
vsco-op
  • US
2.7

A group of people who work together for a common goal

is specifically a member owned business focused on mutual benefit and commerce
partnership
vsco-op
161 2.9

A business where two or more people run it together and share the money and losses

is based on collective ownership and common benefit rather than simple profit sharing
cooperative
vsco-op
27 3.4

An organization owned and run by a group of people to help them sell or buy goods

is a shorter hyphenated label often used in everyday speech
coop
vsco-op
9 5.3

A building owned and run by its members who live there

is used for member owned businesses beyond housing and includes trade in goods and services
org
vsco-op
  • Informal
8 4.0

A group of people who work together for a shared purpose

is the full business term stressing member ownership and mutual economic benefit

Antonyms

Relating to businesses owned and run by people or companies to make profit, not the state

How Member-Owned

co-op
3.8
partnership
161 2.9
private corporation
  • Specialized
8 3.7

Surface Forms

co-op singular
co-ops plural

Etymology

Co-op comes from the word cooperative, which is made of co- meaning 'together' and operate meaning 'to work'. So a co-op is a business people own and run 'together', sharing benefits and decisions.