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==Origin==
French ''syndicat'', from ''syndic''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1624]
The word ''syndicate'' comes from the French word ''syndicat'' which means trade union (''syndic'' meaning administrator), from the Latin word ''syndicus'' which in turn comes from the Greek word σύνδικος (syndikos) which means caretaker of an issue, [[compare]] to ombudsman or [[representative]].
==Definitions==
*1: a group of [[people]] or [[businesses]] that [[work]] [[together]]
*2: a group of people who are involved in organized [[crime]]
*3: a business that sells something (such as a piece of [[writing]], comic strip, or photograph) to several different newspapers or magazines for publication at the same time : a business that syndicates something
==Description==
A '''syndicate''' is a self-organizing [[group]] of [[individuals]], companies, [[corporations]] or entities formed to transact some specific [[business]], or to promote a common interest. In most cases formed groups aim to scale up their [[profits]]. Although there are many legal syndicates formed around the world, the English usage of the term "syndicate" tends to be more often applied to the ones involved in illegal activities. In the case of [[criminal]] activity, the syndicate is there to promote, and engage in, organized crime. The term is also associated with [[anarchist]] [[theory]], specifically [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-syndicalism anarcho-syndicalism], in which it forms an alternative to both the [[nation]] state and [[capitalist]] [[corporations]].
Anarchists, syndicalists and other [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialist libertarian socialists] use the word "syndicate" to refer to an enterprise democratically managed by its workers. Such an enterprise is governed by a face-to-face meeting of everyone who works there, in which each worker has one vote. Either there are no managers, or the managers are democratically elected and recallable. In either case, the most important [[decisions]] are made [[collectively]] by the whole workforce. This is known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_self-management workers' self-management].
[[Category: Economics]]
[[Category: Politics]]
==Origin==
French ''syndicat'', from ''syndic''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1624]
The word ''syndicate'' comes from the French word ''syndicat'' which means trade union (''syndic'' meaning administrator), from the Latin word ''syndicus'' which in turn comes from the Greek word σύνδικος (syndikos) which means caretaker of an issue, [[compare]] to ombudsman or [[representative]].
==Definitions==
*1: a group of [[people]] or [[businesses]] that [[work]] [[together]]
*2: a group of people who are involved in organized [[crime]]
*3: a business that sells something (such as a piece of [[writing]], comic strip, or photograph) to several different newspapers or magazines for publication at the same time : a business that syndicates something
==Description==
A '''syndicate''' is a self-organizing [[group]] of [[individuals]], companies, [[corporations]] or entities formed to transact some specific [[business]], or to promote a common interest. In most cases formed groups aim to scale up their [[profits]]. Although there are many legal syndicates formed around the world, the English usage of the term "syndicate" tends to be more often applied to the ones involved in illegal activities. In the case of [[criminal]] activity, the syndicate is there to promote, and engage in, organized crime. The term is also associated with [[anarchist]] [[theory]], specifically [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-syndicalism anarcho-syndicalism], in which it forms an alternative to both the [[nation]] state and [[capitalist]] [[corporations]].
Anarchists, syndicalists and other [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialist libertarian socialists] use the word "syndicate" to refer to an enterprise democratically managed by its workers. Such an enterprise is governed by a face-to-face meeting of everyone who works there, in which each worker has one vote. Either there are no managers, or the managers are democratically elected and recallable. In either case, the most important [[decisions]] are made [[collectively]] by the whole workforce. This is known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_self-management workers' self-management].
[[Category: Economics]]
[[Category: Politics]]
