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- DictionaryCo·op·er·a·tive/kōˈäp(ə)rədiv/
adjective
- 1. involving mutual assistance in working toward a common goal: "every member has clearly defined tasks in a cooperative enterprise"
noun
- 1. a farm, business, or other organization which is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits: "we run the agency as a workers' cooperative"
COOPERATIVE definition: 1. willing to help or do what people ask: 2. done or owned together with other people: 3. (of a…. Learn more.
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise".
Britannica Dictionary definition of COOPERATIVE. [more cooperative; most cooperative] 1. : willing to be helpful by doing what someone wants or asks for. cooperative children. The witness was very cooperative. — opposite uncooperative. 2. : involving two or more people or groups working together to do something.
2 days ago · 1. countable noun. A cooperative is a business or organization run by the people who work for it, or owned by the people who use it. These people share its benefits and profits . [business] They decided a housing cooperative was the way to regenerate the area. 2. adjective. A cooperative activity is done by people working together.
cooperative. adjective. OPAL W. /kəʊˈɒpərətɪv/. /kəʊˈɑːpərətɪv/. ( British English also co-operative) [usually before noun] involving doing something together or working together with others towards a shared aim. Cooperative activity is essential to effective community work.
involving people working together to achieve the same aim: a cooperative relationship. cooperatively. adverb. cooperative. noun [ C ] ( also UK co-operative) uk / kəʊˈɒp ə rətɪv / us. a business or organization owned and managed by the people who work in it.
1. Done in cooperation with others: a cooperative effort. 2. Marked by willingness to cooperate; compliant: a cooperative patient. 3. Of, relating to, or formed as an enterprise or organization jointly owned or managed by those who use its facilities or services: a cooperative department store; cooperative apartment buildings. n. 1.
