cooperative
cooperative n. (1)合作社；合作商店 指本身不营利，而为其成员或股东提供经济服务的组织或社团。按其功能和特征，合作社可以分为消费合作社、市场营销合作社、商业采购合作社、工人生产合作社、金融财务合作社、保险合作社、工会、同业公会以及自助合作社等。亦作co-operative,通常可简作「coop」或「co-op」。 (2)合作公寓 a.合作的；协作的
COOPERATIVE
cooperative
cooperative, n. 1. An organization or enterprise (as a store) owned by those who use its services. 2. A dwelling (as an apartment building) owned by its residents, to whom the apartments are leased. — Often shortened to coop; co-op. Cf. CONDOMINIUM(2). [Cases: Landlord and Tenant 350. C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant § 792.21.]