消しょう費ひ生せい活かつ協きょう同どう組くみ合あい

noun

consumers' cooperative society; consumers' cooperative association

A formal term for a cooperative organization that serves consumer members, often involved in retail, food, or mutual aid. Commonly abbreviated as 生協 (せいきょう).

• 消しょう費ひ生せい活かつ協きょう同どう組くみ合あいは、組くみ合あい員いんの生せい活かつを支ささえるために設せつ立りつされた。

  The consumers' cooperative society was established to support the lives of its members.