syndicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪndɪkət/
ipa: /ˈsɪndɪkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈsɪndɪkət/
Forms: form: syndicates
form: syndicating
form: syndicated
form: syndicated
Etymology: From the noun or French syndiquer, either on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: [H]e [John Guthrie McCallum] went to Los Angeles and set up a law practice. There, with three partners and a capitalization of $100,000, they syndicated under the name Palm Valley Land and Water Company in 1887.
ref: 2006, Greg Niemann, “A Settlement is Born (Late 1800s)”, in Palm Springs Legends: Creation of a Desert Oasis (Adventures in the Natural History and Cultural Heritage of the Californias), San Diego, Calif.: Sunbelt Publications, published 2008, →ISBN, page 38:
glosses: To become a syndicate.
examples: text: When a potential transaction has been identified by a bank, the first activity is obtaining from the potential borrower a "mandate," which is the customer's exclusive authorization to a bank to act as the syndication manager for that particular transaction and to approach other financial institutions on its behalf to raise a given amount of funds. […] A mandate letter is very similar to a standard bank commitment letter, with the exception that bank managers do not guarantee to provide the credit facility, but rather only to syndicate it on a "best efforts" basis, perhaps with a certain firm commitment assumed by them representing a portion of the required syndicated financing.
ref: 1999, Esteban C. Buljevich, Yoon S. Park, “Syndicated Eurocredit Loans”, in Project Financing and the International Financial Markets, Boston, Mass.; Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 20:
glosses: To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.
examples: text: [I]nternational television format exchanges are providing a customizable alternative to syndicating existing TV series in foreign markets. Sixteen countries around the world have adapted So You Think You Can Dance, a reality dance competition that originated in the United States. Format changes range from using local judges and contestants to incorporating local dance styles into the competition.
ref: 2015, Avi Santo, “Building the Franchise One Market at a Time: The Lone Ranger’s Extra-Textual Career in the Late 1930s”, in Selling the Silver Bullet: The Lone Ranger and Transmedia Brand Licensing, Austin, Tx.: University of Texas Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 56:
text: With the success of The Oprah Winfrey Show and the national attention that Oprah [Winfrey] received from The Color Purple, [Jeffrey] Jacobs advised her that it was time to syndicate her show. Jacobs worked out a deal with the syndication company King World to distribute the show nationally. Two brothers, Roger and Michael King, ran King World. They syndicated the game shows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! and were looking for a new show to add to their list.
ref: 2011, Anne Lies, “Chicago!”, in Oprah Winfrey: Media Mogul, Edina, Minn.: ABDO Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 49–50:
qualifier: mass media
glosses: To release media content through a syndicate to be broadcast or published through multiple outlets.
Related terms: word: syndicated
word: syndication
word: syndicator