consortium
Joint venture group
A consortium is a group of organizations or individuals joining together for a common purpose, typically a large project requiring resources beyond any single member's capacity: a consortium of banks financing the development, a research consortium pooling data across universities.
The arrangement is usually temporary and focused on a specific undertaking.
Plural: consortia or consortiums.
Temporary alliance for action
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
- unionJoining into one
bloc · pact · treaty · entente · partnership · affiliation · association · axis
Corporation spanning many industries
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
merger · acquisition · subsidiary · affiliate · shareholder · stakeholder · incorporated · franchise
Reserved money supply
- capitalWealth used for investment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
venture · syndicate · underwriting · asset · shareholder · dividend · finance · banking
Relating to education or theory
- universityHigher education institution
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- grantBestow or award money
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
publication · collaboration · institution · interdisciplinary · science · study · investigation · scholarship
One who belongs
- boardFlat rigid panel
- charterFounding organizational document
- agreementShared position between parties
- votingFormally registering a choice
bylaws · council · oversight · decision-making · stakeholder · representation · delegate · participation
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
union · bloc · pact · treaty · entente · partnership · affiliation · association · axis · cartel
conglomerate
Corporation spanning many industries
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
enterprise · merger · acquisition · subsidiary · affiliate · shareholder · stakeholder · incorporated · franchise · syndicate
fund
Reserved money supply
- capitalWealth used for investment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- portfolioCollected works or assets
securities · venture · syndicate · underwriting · asset · shareholder · dividend · finance · banking · lending
academic
Relating to education or theory
- universityHigher education institution
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- grantBestow or award money
funding · publication · collaboration · institution · interdisciplinary · science · study · investigation · scholarship · innovation
member
One who belongs
- boardFlat rigid panel
- charterFounding organizational document
- agreementShared position between parties
voting · bylaws · council · oversight · decision-making · stakeholder · representation · delegate · participation · collective
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
- organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, club
- affiliationsmember, affiliate, subscriber, patron, donor
- businessesbusiness, company, bank, bakery, enterprise
- collaborationteamwork, partnership, co-creation, alliance, sharing
consortiumdisunion
State of being divided
fragmentation · dissolution · isolation · detachment · separation
consortiumdiscord
Lack of agreement
rivalry · competition · conflict · antagonism · disunion
consortiumsole proprietorship
Unincorporated individual-owned business
isolation · individual · monopoly · singleton · detachment