Definition of "cooperative" []

• Done in cooperation with others: a cooperative effort. (adjective)
• Marked by willingness to cooperate; compliant: a cooperative patient. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or formed as an enterprise or organization jointly owned or managed by those who use its facilities or services: a cooperative department store; cooperative apartment buildings. (adjective)
• An enterprise or organization that is owned or managed jointly by those who use its facilities or services. (noun)

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• "BLITZER: Including what they call the cooperative option, a series of health insurance cooperatives that wouldn't be the public option but would be something in between?"
• "BLITZER: Including what they call the cooperative option, a series of health insurance cooperatives that wouldn't be the public option, but would be some -- something in between?"
• "It states that the term cooperative, or any abbreviation, cannot be used in a name "except by a corporation defined in this chapter."