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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Latin
Origin: 'partnership', from consors; CONSORT1

consortium

 noun
     
Related topics: Business Management
con‧sor‧ti‧um plural consortia or consortiums [countable]
BBB a group of companies or organizations who are working together to do something:
a consortium of oil companies
The aircraft will be built by a European consortium.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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