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co-op

(kō′ŏp′, kō-ŏp′)

A cooperative.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

co-op

(ˈkoʊ ɒp)

n.

a cooperative enterprise, building, or apartment.

Idioms:

go co-op, (of an apartment building) to convert to a cooperative.

[1860–65; by shortening]

co′-op•er, n.

coop

(kup, kʊp)

n.

1. an enclosure or cage in which poultry or small animals are penned.

2. a confined space.

3. Slang. prison.

v.t.

4. to place in or as if in a coop (often fol. by up).

Idioms:

fly the coop, to escape.

[1250–1300; Middle English coupe basket, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian kaup wooden can; akin to Old English cȳpa basket]

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Noun

co-op - a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners

cooperative

commercial enterprise - an enterprise connected with commerce

Translations

co-op

[ˈkəʊɒp] n (=cooperative) → coop fcooped up [ˌkuːptˈʌp] adj → cloîtré(e), enfermé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

co-op

n → Genossenschaft f; (= shop) → Coop m, → Konsum m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

co-op

[ˈkəʊˈɒp] n abbr =cooperative (society) → coop f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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In a bid to remain in the two-bedroom unit in the Pensa Co-operative Housing Association, Elizabeth Hansen petitioned the court to overturn an eviction notice from the coop's Board of Directors, saying she has the right, as a beneficiary of her late mother's interest in the co-op, to continue to occupy the two bedroom residential unit.