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シンジケート (shinjikeeto) Japanese meaning: syndicate | Kotomora

シンジケート

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Meanings

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Refers to a group of individuals or companies formed to carry out a joint business project, often in finance, media, or crime contexts.

その映えい画がは複ふく数すうの制せい作さく会社がいしゃによるシンジケートで作つく

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The film was produced by a syndicate of multiple production companies.

新しん聞ぶんのシンジケート記き事じを掲けい載さいする。

We publish syndicated newspaper articles.

Usage patterns

シンジケートを組くむto form a syndicate
複ふく数すうの銀ぎん行こうが融ゆう資しのためにシンジケートを組くんだ。
Several banks formed a syndicate to provide the loan.
シンジケートに加か盟めいするto join a syndicate
その企き業ぎょうは国こく際さい的てきな販はん売ばいシンジケートに加か盟めいしている。
The company belongs to an international sales syndicate.

Related words

カルテル
カルテル refers specifically to a formal agreement among businesses to control prices or output, while シンジケート is a broader term for any joint venture or group, including criminal or financial ones.
組くみ合あいN3
組合 is a native Japanese word for a cooperative or union with formal membership, whereas シンジケート is a borrowed term often used for finance or crime-related joint ventures.
結けっ社しゃ
結社 emphasizes a secretive or ideological association (sometimes criminal), while シンジケート focuses on the joint business or financial purpose of the group.

Word family

シンジケートローン
syndicated loan
インフォメーションシンジケート
information syndicate

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'syndicate'.