consortium.

A group of organizations that join together to carry out a project or shared activity.

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Words that belong together

• research consortium
• banking consortium

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A consortium of universities funded the archive's digitization.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular consortium; plural consortia or consortiums. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.