consortium
Plural: consortia, consortiums
Noun
- an association of companies for some definite purpose
- An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
- A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
- An association or society.
- The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
- A group of symbiotic microbes.
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsortium.
Scrabble Score: 14
consortium: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordconsortium: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
consortium: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
consortium: valid Words With Friends Word