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syndication

syndication

3 6.6
A way of bringing several banks or companies together to fund and manage one big deal
  • noun
  • /ˌsɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/
translation icon : sindicación
  • RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds are the most popular types of news feeds on the internet.
  • licensing and syndication
  • syndication production
  • syndication rights

And so with syndication, you really don't make money until you sell.

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Examples

  • The company expanded its operations through a successful syndication of several local investors to fund the new project.

  • Most blogs display their RSS feed link openly for easy syndication

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  • Well, we would like to take a look at that contract for the syndication deal.

  • Can we go over some syndication numbers, pal?

  • I imagine it will be picked up in syndication by other networks within a year or two.

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  • We bring this traffic to the table in this syndication.

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  • It's a new year, so what better time to take on a controversial topic: listings syndication.

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  • And if the networks are against you, syndication's always going to be a struggle.

  • I'm at Allied Banking heading up syndications.

  • For most of the history of television, the barrier to syndication—and to profitability—has been 100 episodes.

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How Organized

merger
189 3.9
syndication
3 6.6
consortium
62 6.7
partnership
161 2.9
arrangement
449 2.5

Surface Forms

syndication singular
syndications plural

Morphology

syndication = syndicate (transparent) = syndicate + ion

The noun 'syndication' is transparently derived from 'syndicate' with the addition of the suffix '-ion' indicating the process or result of forming a syndicate.

Etymology

Syndication comes from the idea of a syndicate, a group that works 'together' — from the Greek parts syn- 'together' and dike 'justice' for people who made decisions. So, in business syndication is when several companies join to share decisions, risk, or investments.