单词 | syndicate |
释义 | syndicaten. 1. The office, status, or jurisdiction of a syndic. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > [noun] > in various places > position of syndicate1656 syndicship1706 1656 T. Blount Glossographia (following Cotgrave) Syndicat, the office or degree of a Syndick. 1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 10 Being of the little Council leads one to the Sindicat. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Syndic The Syndicate comes by Turn to sixteen Persons. 2. A council or body of syndics; spec. a university committee appointed for some specific duty (see syndic n. 2); also, a meeting of such a body. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > [noun] > in various places > body or meeting of syndicate1624 1624 A. Darcie in tr. Originall of Idolatries To Rdr. sig. a3 The Venetians..haue a supreame Magistracie, which they call A Syndicate, that once in a few yeeres, suruey all the Offices and Dignities in their Common-wealth. 1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics xi. 246 They were obliged to render an account of their administration before a syndicate charged with an examination of their conduct. 1835 Rep. 25 Nov. in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 115 The Syndicate appointed ‘to consider and report to the Senate, upon..the Library, &c.’..recommend the appointment of a special Syndicate for making enquiries [etc.]. 1835 Rep. 25 Nov. in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 116 A Room for the Vice-Chancellor for holding Syndicates or other uses. 1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) App. iii. 429 The office of the Syndicate [in the Dutch Republic] was to watch over the Constitution established by law. 3. a. A combination of capitalists or financiers entered into for the purpose of prosecuting a scheme requiring large resources of capital, esp. one having the object of obtaining control of the market in a particular commodity. Hence, more widely, a combination of persons formed for the promotion of an enterprise; esp. a combination for the acquisition of articles, etc. and their simultaneous publication in a number of periodicals; also, a combination of newspapers controlled by such a body. In Gambling, an association of people joined in a gambling or betting enterprise; in Gameshooting, a group of sportsmen who share rented shooting rights; also in Angling. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading organization > [noun] common market1843 clique1855 syndicate1865 pool1868 ring1869 conference1894 cartel1902 holding company1906 price ring1914 trading bloc1922 club1950 society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > syndicate or cartel trust1825 syndicate1865 cartel1902 pool1979 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money-dealer > capitalist or financier > combination of syndicate1865 pool1868 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > better > syndicate syndicate1934 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > shooting or angling syndicate game tenant1844 syndicate1961 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Oct. 1 The shares of the promoters..are thrown into a common stock, and put at the disposal of a secret committee, called by the harmless and, indeed, rather pretty name of a ‘syndicate’. Our language owes this term, we believe, to certain French financiers. 1876 World No. 109. 5 Extensive purchases of railroad stocks were made by Syndicates. 1877 R. Giffen Stock Exchange Securities 44 A ‘syndicate’ may be taken as a general alias for any combination of speculators on the Stock Exchange to force prices in one direction or the other. It is oftenest used in the narrower sense of a combination or partnership to introduce and sell a newly-created security to the public. 1880 Standard 29 Nov. The conclusion of the contract with a powerful Syndicate for raising £8,000,000 to complete the Northern Pacific Railway in three months. 1889 Sat. Rev. 16 Mar. 300/1 Such a syndicate of quacks and dupes as those who have lately undertaken to run Mr. Parnell. 1889 Public Opinion (U.S.) 16 Feb. What are called newspaper syndicates are rapidly extending their field of action. By the establishment of offices not only in America, but at Paris, Berlin, Vienna,..they are able at one stroke to confer world-wide fame on any author whose work is at their disposal. 1890 J. Hatton By Order of Czar (1891) 108 It's like a bear transaction against a strong syndicate. 1891 Athenæum 12 Sept. 356/3 The first instalment..will appear next month in a ‘syndicate’ of English and American newspapers. 1934 D. Teilhet Talking Sparrow Murders ix. 138 La Roc? He's with von Lindbrulle in a betting syndicate. 1961 C. Willock Death in Covert i. 25 The game book for the past three seasons showed an average of 1,200 pheasants, 75 woodcock,..160 hares,..and 30 partridges per season... To hell with any qualms he felt about the members of the syndicate individually. 1964 New Statesman 3 Apr. 525/1 The fashion for office syndicates and ‘sweeps’ for charity. 1978 Country Life 27 July 272/1 The syndicates that form the basis of many shoots. 1979 Angling July 54/1 Catching good fish from strictly private or syndicate waters would prove nothing. b. spec. (frequently with definite article and capital initial). In the U.S., a network of criminals controlling racketeering and other organized crime; also = Cosa Nostra n. Cf. the Mob at mob n.2 5b. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > criminal gang gang1652 mob1927 syndicate1929 connection1969 1929 G. L. Hostetter & T. Q. Beesley It's a Racket! i. 4 Beer and alcohol running, bombing, bank robbery, murder for pay, window smashing, and a score of other crimes that can be carried on successfully only by organized groups or ‘syndicates’, are all rackets to the police. 1948 E. L. Irey Tax Dodgers xiv. 271 The Syndicate was the remnant of the Al Capone mob. 1952 B. B. Turkus & S. Feder Murder, Inc. i. 9 In all the history of crime, there has never been an example of organized lawlessness to equal the Syndicate. 1962 J. D. MacDonald Key to Suite (1968) i. 7 The smut-shadow of beard gave him somewhat the look of imported syndicate muscle. 1963 Economist 17 Aug. 589/1 A former member of organised crime's ruling body, Mr Joseph Valachi, has named names and drawn a master plan of the Syndicate (which the underworld refers to as Cosa Nostra). 1964 S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 35 A politician..who knew the Syndicate, the Juice Men, the Policy kings, Cosa Nostra, and all the hoods. 1969 Guardian 24 Jan. 7/6 The Syndicate is increasingly entering legitimate business. 1980 S. Allan Dead Giveaway iv. 38 The Syndicate had not been slow in learning of his involvement..and using it. 1982 Amer. Speech 57 244 Some successful criminals escape getting a monicker, for they, especially top-notch con men and syndicate members, think it adds ‘class’ to be without one. c. Syndicate of Initiative = Syndicat d'Initiative n. ΚΠ 1930 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals (1932) 325 A syndicate of Initiative has, indeed, approached me to write on the attractions of the district, as well as on the life of Saint Jubanus. Draft additions 1993 b. Any of a number of sub-groups into which participants on a training course are divided, esp. to tackle a particular assignment. Frequently attributive. Originally Military. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > training > [noun] > subgroup of participants on training course syndicate1926 1926 G. W. Gwynn in Publ. Rec. Office Doc. WO 32/4840 The allotment of work in syndicates and in individual work will be based on the confidential classification. 1952 Army Q. 65 51 A feature of the course in my day [sc. 1930] was the foreign tour, when we went abroad in small syndicates to study some overseas campaign or battle. 1965 B. Sweet-Escott Baker St. Irregular vi. 179 The course ended by our being divided into two syndicates. Each of them..was then told to get into Stodham House without being discovered by the sentries. 1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard ii. 53 They are selected by a three-day civil service board..where candidates, in small syndicate groups, debate current affairs. 1984 D. Clark Bouquet Garni i. 28 He was in my syndicate. Led it, in fact... At the [Police] College the instructors rated him as being good at delegation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). syndicatev.ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] censure1590 syndic1609 syndicate1610 arraign1623 censorize1860 censor1882 critique1950 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn bidemea1200 convictc1366 reprovea1382 damnc1386 condemna1400 deema1400 saya1400 judgec1400 reprehendc1400 reproacha1475 reprobate?a1475 arguec1475 controlc1525 twit1543 perstringe1549 tax1569 traduce1581 carp1591 censure1605 convince?1606 syndic1609 syndicate1610 to check at1642 reprimand1660 impeach1813 to stroke over1822 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr v. 154 Not how hee shall iudge quicke and dead at his second coming, but how his Vicar shall inquire, Examine, Syndicate, Sentence, Depose: yea, Murder Princes on earth. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. ii. 290 Aristotle..vndertooke to censure & syndicate both his Master, and all other Law-makers before him. 1641 Marcombes in Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. IV. 203 Those that haue but mediocre [employments] are soe much obserued and Syndicated. 1822 E. Nathan Langreath III. 290 Would that I had to syndicate her oppressors! 2. To control, manage, or effect by a syndicate; esp. to publish simultaneously in a number of periodicals (see syndicate n. 3); spec. in Horse Racing, to sell (a horse) to a syndicate. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (transitive)] > specific operations subscribe1618 to take up1655 to sell out1721 to take in1721 to take up1740 pool?1780 capitalize1797 put1814 feed1818 to vote (the) stock (or shares)1819 corner1836 to sell short1852 promote1853 recapitalize1856 refund1857 float1865 water1865 margin1870 unload1870 acquire1877 maintain1881 syndicate1882 scalp1886 pyramid1888 underwrite1889 oversubscribe1891 joint-stock1894 wash1895 write1908 mark1911 split1927 marry1931 stag1935 unwind1958 short1959 preplace1966 unitize1970 bed and breakfast1974 index-link1974 warehouse1977 daisy-chain1979 strip1981 greenmail1984 pull1986 society > communication > printing > publishing > publish [verb (transitive)] > publish simultaneously in several periodicals syndicate1882 society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > run a business [verb (transitive)] > control by syndicate syndicate1882 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > syndicate horse syndicate1973 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Nov. 5/2 Government loans..are all ‘syndicated’—deposited, that is, in the strong boxes of the finance houses interested in their success. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Feb. 6/2 Mr. W. F. Tillotson..first acclimatized in this country the American system of ‘syndicating’ fiction. 1891 ‘M. O'Rell’ Frenchman in Amer. 240 Dr. Talmage syndicates his sermons, and they are published in Monday's newspapers in all quarters of America. 1892 Daily News 13 Feb. 7/2 It is probable that the issue is only syndicated. 1973 Country Life 6 Dec. 1897/3 American racing seems to have had a prosperous season with..the prices of bloodstock up. Secretariat was syndicated at $190,000 a share. 1979 D. Francis Whip Hand xiii. 161 He buys quite good horses... Then he syndicates them. 3. To combine into a syndicate. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > run a business [verb (transitive)] > form into syndicate or cartel syndicate1889 trustify1890 cartelize- 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 May 2/1 To underwrite,..syndicate, or otherwise provide working capital for bona fide mining companies. 1892 [see sense 2]. 1916 Q. Rev. Oct. 539 A mortgage by bonds, which the bank.. will probably share with other banks with whom it is syndicated. Derivatives ˈsyndicated adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > [adjective] > systems or methods syndicated1693 wired1893 rediffused1931 piped1937 piped-in1951 networked1962 satellite-to-home1965 society > communication > printing > publishing > [adjective] > published by syndicate syndicated1693 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [adjective] > subjected to censure syndicated1693 society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > other types of company capitalless1837 merged1839 multinational1854 co-op1872 acquiring1880 syndicated1889 trustified1890 bottom-heavy1895 prospectusless1898 wholly-owned1906 semi-pro1908 not-for-profit1913 blue chip1924 mature1928 geared1930 liquid1930 footloose1939 monoline1958 boutique1968 greenfield1969 me-too1976 semi-professional1976 demerged1980 unbundled1980 multidomestic1982 unorganized1986 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxvi. 215 Syndicated cock [Fr. syndicqué]. 1889 E. M. Clerke in Dublin Rev. Apr. 367 The conditions of trade in the United States under the syndicated system. 1892 Daily News 24 Feb. 4/8 Ouida..has lashed out against agents, syndicates, and the syndicated. 1892 Times 14 Oct. 7/2 The proportion of syndicated, or as we should say, of union workmen in France. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Dec. 719/2 Mr. Marquis Childs, the well-known syndicated columnist, formerly of the even better-known St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch. 1972 Amer. Speech 1968 43 211 Van Johnson is quoted in Hedda Hopper's nationally syndicated column. 1976 Liverpool Echo 7 Dec. 17/3 The week gave me new experiences of writing. A syndicated article for the country's local newspapers, a particularly difficult article for a sports journal. 1980 TWA Ambassador Oct. 85/1 William R. Allen, professor of economics at UCLA, is known nationally for his syndicated radio commentaries. syndicated crime n. criminal activities organized by a syndicate. (sense 3b.) ΚΠ 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Feb. 8/3 The Roach report..drew a fine distinction between organized crime and syndicated crime. 1974 Howard Jrnl. 14 108 (advt.) An exposition of the many problems of organized, syndicated or corporate crime. ˈsyndicating n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > formation of company > of trust, syndicate, or cartel syndicating1886 syndication1887 trustification1895 cartelization1923 1886 Tinsley's Mag. July 52 There is time-bargain syndicating for those who prefer a modern road to ruin. 1893 Athenæum 5 Aug. 193/1 The principles of the syndicating of literary material. 1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 10 Aug. 113/4 The perils of a syndicated or grammophoned press. 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