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/kənˈsôrSH(ē)əm/,/-ˈsôrtēəm/,
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consortiums, plural; consortia, plural;
  1. An association, typically of several business companies

  2. The right of association and companionship with one's husband or wife

  1. an association of companies for some definite purpose
  2. A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal.
  3. Syphon Filter is a video game series published by Sony and developed by Sony Bend (formerly Eidetic), that has appeared on the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable game systems. In the series, Syphon Filter is the name given to the mysterious viral weapon.
  4. An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture; A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations; An association or society; The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his ...
  5. Consortium is a form of cooperation between two or more carriers to operate in a particular trade.
  6. A coalition of organizations, such as banks and corporations, set up to fund ventures requiring large capital resources.
  7. Group of carriers pooling resources in a trade lane to maximize their resources efficiently.
  8. The group of partners involved in a Tempus Joint Project or in a Structural Measure.
  9. A group formed by similarly-minded entities for the purpose of pooling resources to undertake a project that would otherwise be beyond the capabilities of any one member.
  10. A group of colleges or universities that offer joint programs and allow you to take advantage of the facilities and course offerings at member campuses. Consortiums are generally made up of neighboring schools.
  11. A group of companies that cooperate and share resources in order to achieve a common objective.
  12. A group of tribes or Alaska Native villages that join together for the purposes of an ANA-funded project.
  13. In education, an agreement between schools that enables students who attend one school to attend class and use resources at another school.
  14. a combination of organisations undertaking a large project or task, usually requiring significant resources
  15. Groupings of secondary schools working collaboratively to deliver typically vocational courses.
  16. Geographically contiguous units of general local government consolidated to be in a single unit of general local government for HOME Program purposes when certain requirements are met.
  17. an association of independent organizations usually formed to undertake a specific project that requires skill and resources which are not possessed by any of the participants individually.
  18. A consortium is two or more institutions working on the same research project, either funded directly by the supporting agency or one prime institution subcontracting out the funds to the other members of the consortium.
  19. means an association of medical use licensees and a PET radionuclide production facility in the same geographical area that jointly own or share in the operation and maintenance cost of the PET radionuclide production facility that produces PET radionuclides for use in producing radioactive ...
  20. This project is carried out by the Alliance for Global Open Risk Analysis (AGORA) in consortium with the World Housing Encyclopedia / EERI, the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center and the Disaster Prevention Research Institute.
  21. Means all the contractors participating in the project covered by this contract.
  22. An NCI-funded network of hospital and physicians established to evaluate new treatments in Phase I and Phase II clinical trials. ...
  23. A consortium consists of several law schools (often in one geographic region) that work cooperatively in such areas as cosponsorship of off-campus career fairs.
  24. Group of companies who come together either to bid for a single project or who form longer-term relationships.
  25. A loosely knit group or independently owned and managed companies such as travel agencies, tour operators, hotels, etc. with a joint marketing distribution process. RMI is considered in the UK to be a "consortium" of states and destinations.