購こう買ばい組くみ合あい

noun

cooperative society; purchasing cooperative

A cooperative organization formed by consumers or small businesses to purchase goods collectively, often to obtain lower prices or better quality. Common in agricultural and consumer contexts.

• 農のう家かたちは購こう買ばい組くみ合あいを作つくって、肥ひ料りょうを安やすく仕し入いれている。

  The farmers formed a purchasing cooperative to buy fertilizer at a lower price.

• この地ち域いきの購こう買ばい組くみ合あいは、組くみ合あい員いんに日にち用よう品ひんを割わり引びき価か格かくで提てい供きょうしている。

  The local cooperative society offers daily necessities to its members at discounted prices.