<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations</li><li>a combination of bankers or capitalists formed for the purpose of carrying out some project requiring large resources of capital</li><li>an agency that buys articles, stories, columns, photographs, comic strips, or other features and distributes them for simultaneous publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals</li><li>a business organization owning and operating a number of newspapers; newspaper chain</li><li>a group, combination, or association of gangsters controlling organized crime or one type of crime, especially in one region of the country</li><li>a council or body of syndics</li><li>a local organization of employers or employees in Italy during the Fascist regime</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to combine into a syndicate</li><li>to publish simultaneously, or supply for simultaneous publication, in a number of newspapers or other periodicals</li><li>to sell (a program, series, etc.) directly to independent stations</li><li>to sell shares in or offer participation in the financial sharing of (a risk venture, loan, or the like)</li></ul>