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- Dictionarycoop/ko͞op/
noun
- 1. a cage or pen for confining poultry: "a chicken coop"
verb
- 1. confine in a small space: "being cooped up indoors all day makes him fidgety"
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The meaning of COOP is a cage or small enclosure (as for poultry); also : a small building for housing poultry. How to use coop in a sentence.
A cooperative is an autonomous and duly registered association of persons, with a common bond of interest, who have voluntarily joined together to achieve their social, economic, and cultural needs and aspirations by making equitable contributions to the capital required, patronizing their products and services and accepting a fair share of the ...
a cage where small animals and birds are kept: a chicken coop. (Definition of coop from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of coop.
an organization, business, shop, or farm that is owned and managed by a group of people who also work in it: Pete worked in a large food co-op in Boston. Different types of cheeses as well as eggs are sold as part of the farmers ' co-op. Synonym. cooperative. [ C ]
The International Co-Operative Alliance defines a cooperative, or co-op, as “an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically controlled enterprise.”
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise". [1]
Coop definition: an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.. See examples of COOP used in a sentence.
A cooperative or co-op is a business structure that is owned and democratically controlled by its member-owners who utilize its services. The cooperative is formed because of the recognition by persons that as individuals they cannot achieve their economic or social goals by working separately.
what is a cooperative? A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. Cooperative values.
noun. /ˈkəʊ ɒp/ /ˈkəʊ ɑːp/ (informal) a cooperative shop, society or business. a housing co-op. Topics Business c2. Word Origin. Want to learn more? Find out which words work together and produce more natural-sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
