syndicate
gb/sˈɪndɪkɪt/ us/sˈɪndɪkɪt/
C1
Englisch
~ 6500
Bedeutungen
0 Bedeutungen
Nomen
C1
entity
1
group for joint business activity
A group of people or companies that work together on one business project or investment and share the money and risk.
Verwendungsmuster:
a syndicate of [people/companies]
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes confuse "syndicate" with "union". A syndicate is usually about sharing a specific business deal or investment, while a union is an organization that represents workers' rights in general.
Synonyme
consortium (More formal; often used for large, sometimes international, business groupings.)
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partnership (More general; does not always imply multiple separate companies joining together for one project.)
Antonyme
individual (Highlights that the activity is done by one person rather than a group acting together.)
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sole proprietorship (Business run by one owner, without a shared group structure.)
Wortverbindungen
investment syndicate
|a syndicate of investors
|banking syndicate
|loan syndicate
|insurance syndicate
|owning syndicate
Themen
business
|finance
Beispiele
- A syndicate of investors bought the old factory and turned it into apartments.
- Several banks formed a syndicate to finance the construction of the new airport.
- She joined a racehorse syndicate so she could share the cost of ownership.
- The insurance syndicate agreed to cover the risk jointly.
- The project was too large for one company, so a syndicate was created.
Beispiele für Lernende
- A syndicate of banks paid for the big bridge.
- He joined a syndicate that owns three racehorses.
- The company worked with a syndicate of investors on the deal.
- The loan was given by a syndicate, not by one bank.
- They formed a syndicate to buy the building together.
Nomen
C1
entity
2
organized group for crime
A big, organized group of criminals who work together like a business.
Verwendungsmuster:
a [type] syndicate
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes think "syndicate" is always negative. In this meaning it is criminal, but in business and media contexts (other meanings) it can be neutral or positive.
Synonyme
crime ring (More informal; often suggests a smaller or more local group of criminals.)
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criminal organization (Broad, neutral term; does not specifically highlight the business-like structure.)
Antonyme
law enforcement agency (Opposite role: an organized group that fights crime rather than commits it.)
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legitimate business (Highlights that a syndicate in this sense makes money illegally, unlike a legal business.)
Wortverbindungen
crime syndicate
|drug syndicate
|criminal syndicate
|international syndicate
|syndicate boss
|syndicate member
Themen
crime
|law
Beispiele
- Police say the robbery was ordered by a powerful crime syndicate.
- The drug syndicate controlled smuggling routes across three countries.
- He was accused of laundering money for an international gambling syndicate.
- Journalists uncovered links between the local gang and a larger criminal syndicate.
- The syndicate operated like a company, with managers, accountants, and strict rules.
Beispiele für Lernende
- The crime syndicate sold drugs in many cities.
- He worked for a big criminal syndicate for ten years.
- Police broke up a drug syndicate last month.
- The syndicate paid people to bring illegal goods into the country.
- A syndicate leader was arrested at the airport.
Nomen
C2
entity
3
company that distributes media content
A company that sells the same news, stories, or shows to many newspapers or TV channels.
Verwendungsmuster:
a [news/TV] syndicate
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners may confuse this meaning with simply "media company". A syndicate in this sense specifically exists to sell or license the same content to many different outlets.
Synonyme
news agency (Often focuses on gathering news; may or may not sell other types of content like columns or comics.)
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distributor (Very general term; not limited to media content or to selling to multiple outlets.)
Antonyme
single publisher (A publisher that produces and uses content only for its own outlet, rather than distributing it widely to others.)
Wortverbindungen
news syndicate
|newspaper syndicate
|television syndicate
|broadcast syndicate
|cartoon syndicate
|Hollywood syndicate
Themen
media
|business
|communication
Beispiele
- Her comic strip was picked up by a major newspaper syndicate.
- The show is handled by a television syndicate that sells it worldwide.
- A news syndicate supplied the story to hundreds of local papers.
- He negotiated directly with the syndicate that controls the cartoon rights.
- The columnist signed a deal with a large syndicate to grow his audience.
Beispiele für Lernende
- The news syndicate sends stories to many newspapers.
- Her cartoons are sold by a big syndicate.
- The TV syndicate sells the show to many stations.
- The newspaper syndicate owns many famous columns.
- He wants a syndicate to share his work with more readers.
Verb
C1
action
4
sell content to many outlets
To sell the same story, column, or show to many newspapers, websites, or TV channels.
Verwendungsmuster:
to syndicate [content] to [outlets]
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes think "syndicate" only means to repeat a show on the same channel. In fact, it means to sell or send the same content to many different outlets.
Synonyme
distribute (More general; does not always imply that the same content is sold to many independent outlets.)
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license (Focuses on legal permission; does not by itself imply multiple outlets or regular distribution.)
Antonyme
publish exclusively (Means allowing content to appear only in one outlet, instead of in many.)
Wortverbindungen
syndicate a column
|syndicate a show
|syndicate the series
|syndicated reruns
|syndicated content
|nationally syndicated
Themen
media
|business
|communication
Beispiele
- The network plans to syndicate the show to local stations next year.
- Her advice column is syndicated in more than fifty newspapers.
- The producer hopes to syndicate the series internationally.
- After ten years on the main channel, the sitcom was syndicated for reruns.
- They syndicate their podcasts to dozens of smaller radio stations.
Beispiele für Lernende
- The company syndicates the TV show to many stations.
- His weekly column is syndicated across the country.
- They want to syndicate the cartoon to foreign newspapers.
- The old show was syndicated, so it plays on many channels now.
- Her stories are syndicated on news websites.
Verb
technical
C2
action
5
arrange shared financial deal
To set up a loan or deal so that many banks or investors take part and share the money and risk.
Verwendungsmuster:
to syndicate [a loan/deal]
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners may confuse this with simply "sharing profits". In this technical sense, to syndicate is about structuring one specific loan or financial deal so that several institutions share the same risk and exposure.
Synonyme
pool (General term for combining resources; in finance it can overlap, but does not always imply a formal syndicate structure.)
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underwrite jointly (Technical phrase; stresses guaranteeing the deal together, not the organizational form.)
Antonyme
hold in-house (Financial slang for keeping the whole loan or deal on one institution's books instead of sharing it.)
Wortverbindungen
syndicate a loan
|syndicated loan
|syndicate the debt
|syndicated facility
|syndicate the issue
|syndicated financing
Themen
finance
|business
Beispiele
- The bank decided to syndicate the loan because the amount was too large to hold alone.
- They plan to syndicate the debt among five international lenders.
- The investment was syndicated to spread the risk across multiple institutions.
- A major European bank led the effort to syndicate the project financing.
- By syndicating the facility, they attracted new regional banks into the deal.
Beispiele für Lernende
- The bank syndicated the big loan with three other banks.
- They syndicated the debt so one bank did not take all the risk.
- The project cost was very high, so the loan was syndicated.
- Several banks joined when the loan was syndicated.
- The company asked its bank to syndicate the new credit line.
Grammatik
Grundform
syndicate
IPA
GB/sˈɪndɪkɪt/
US/sˈɪndɪkɪt/
Silben & Betonung
syn - dic - ate (3 Silben)
Stress on 1st syllable (syn)
Wortformen
Noun
- Base: syndicate
- Plural: syndicates
Verb
- Base: syndicate
- 3rd Person Singular: syndicates
- Present Participle: syndicating
- Past: syndicated
Wortfamilie
Forms
syndicates
noun
syndicating
verb
syndicated
verb
Core family
syndication
noun B2
Related words
syndicator
noun
Ausdrücke
crime syndicate
1/kɹˈaɪm sˈɪndɪkɪt/
fixed phrase
large organized criminal group
A big, organized group of criminals who run illegal businesses together.
Beispiele
- The crime syndicate controlled gambling and drugs in the city.
- Police spent years trying to break the powerful crime syndicate.
criminal syndicate
1/kɹˈɪmənəl sˈɪndɪkɪt/
fixed phrase
organized business-like crime group
A group of criminals who work together in an organized, business-like way.
Beispiele
- Investigators linked the gang to a larger criminal syndicate.
- The movie tells the story of a powerful criminal syndicate in the 1970s.
drug syndicate
1/dɹˈʌɡ sˈɪndɪkɪt/
fixed phrase
organized group selling illegal drugs
A big, organized criminal group that makes and sells illegal drugs.
Beispiele
- The drug syndicate smuggled cocaine across the border.
- Several members of an international drug syndicate were arrested.
investment syndicate
1/ɪnvˈɛstmənt sˈɪndɪkɪt/
fixed phrase
group investing together in one deal
A group of people or companies who put money into the same investment as a team.
Beispiele
- The startup raised money from an investment syndicate of ten angel investors.
- He leads an investment syndicate that focuses on green energy projects.
loan syndicate
1/lˈoʊn sˈɪndɪkɪt/
fixed phrase
technical
group of banks sharing one loan
Several banks that join together to give one big loan and share the risk.
Beispiele
- A loan syndicate of five major banks financed the new airport.
- The company negotiated interest rates with the entire loan syndicate.
syndicated column
1/sˈɪndɪkˌeɪtɪd kˈɑləm/
fixed phrase
column published in many outlets
A regular article that appears in many newspapers or websites, not just one.
Beispiele
- She writes a syndicated column on personal finance.
- His syndicated column is read by millions of people every week.
syndicated show
1/sˈɪndɪkˌeɪtɪd ʃˈoʊ/
fixed phrase
TV or radio show on many stations
A TV or radio program that many different channels buy and play.
Beispiele
- The sitcom became a hit as a syndicated show on local stations.
- After the third season, the series started running as a syndicated show worldwide.