事じ業ぎょう協きょう同どう組くみ合あい

noun

business cooperative; business cooperative association

A legal entity formed by small businesses or sole proprietors to collaborate on shared operations, purchasing, or marketing under the Small and Medium Enterprise Cooperative Association Act.

• 地じ元もとの商しょう店てんが集あつまって事じ業ぎょう協きょう同どう組くみ合あいを設せつ立りつした。

  Local shops got together and established a business cooperative association.