consortium

noun

An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.

The consortium of companies collaborated to develop a new technology.

意味（1）

An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.

意味（2）

A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.

意味（3）

An association or society.

意味（4）

(law) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.

意味（5）

(biology) A group of symbiotic microbes.