Syndicate
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- This article is about the association term. See Syndicate for an article about the computer game of the same name, or Syndicate (X-files) for the fictional organization.
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Etymology
The word comes from French syndicat which means administrator especially in matters regarding a certain geographical area, from the Latin word syndicus which in turn comes from the Greek word σύνδικος (syndikos) which means caretaker of an issue, compare to ombudsperson or representative.
Crime syndicates are criminal groups running common businesses.
In the mass media, a syndicate will offer work for syndication.
In finance, a group of banks lending, for a specific purpose and to one single borrower, a - mostly large - amount of money is referred to as a Bank Syndicate or often only as a Syndicate.
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