Definition of "co-op" []

• A cooperative. (noun)

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• "Exhibitors also pay a portion of the cost of the display ads taken out by the studios in what is known as co-op advertising."
• "Ms. Wilder called the co-op, located on West 81st Street at Columbus Avenue, 'the ultimate pied-à-terre.'"
• "Natalie Keyssar for The Wall Street Journal Ms. Stanley said the co-op, which is located in the Edgewater Park complex, pictured here, was used for her father's ventilation, air conditioning and chimney-cleaning business."