From en.wiktionary.org:
[Co-op]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology
From [en], by shortening.
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A unit of a housing cooperative ; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep.
2. * [en]
3. Any cooperative , including housing, retail, utility, agricultural, banking or worker cooperatives.
4. * [en]
5. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=1978 |origdate=November 10, 1954 |author=Propaganda Department of
the Suiyang County Party Committee |chapter=Political Work in the
Co-operatives |editor=General Office of the [Central Committee of the Chinese
Communist Party] |title=Socialist Upsurge in China's Countryside<t:[zh]>
|url=https://archive.org/details/socialistupsurge0000unse/ |edition=First
|location=Peking |publisher=w:Foreign Languages Press |OCLC=4413965 |page=360
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/socialistupsurge0000unse/page/360/
|text=In the spring of 1954, three agricultural producers’ co-operatives —
Chenkuang, Nungyuan and Yangchiachai — were formed in Kuangta Township,
Suiyang County, Kweichow Province. Since then they have put in nearly a
year’s intensive work in farm production, finishing up in the autumn with the
distribution of the year’s harvest. Our Party has strengthened its political
and ideological leadership over them in good time. As a result, the three
CO-OPS have been put on a firm footing and are making considerable headway.
They have created a good impression among the peasants outside the CO-OPS, who
say, “The CO-OPS are doing better in every way than we!” These CO-OPS are
really taking the lead on the road to co-operation.}}
1. Any shop owned by a cooperative .
2. [en] A cooperative game, as opposed to a competitive game or deathmatch .
**** Derived terms
- [en]
**** Descendants
[sense 4]
- [uk]
*** Verb
[~ing]
1. [en] .
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2012 | author=Darrien Lee | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1j_JR8bKyM0C&pg=PA178&dq=%22was+co-oping%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjl95eRg-XKAhUY2mMKHWDHDjcQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=%22was%20co-oping%22&f=false | title=All That and a Bag of Chips
|passage=It would also afford her the opportunity to see where he was
CO-OPING.}}
*** Anagrams
- [en]