co-op

See also: Co-op, coop, .coop, and Coop.

English

Alternative forms

• coop
• coöp

Etymology

From cooperative, by shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊˌɒp/
• Hyphenation: co‧op

Noun

co-op (plural co-ops)

1. A unit of a housing co-operative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep.
2. Any co-operative, including housing, retail, utility, agricultural, banking or worker cooperatives.
   • 1973, New Society, volume 25, London: New Society Ltd., →ISSN, page 25:

     Once or twice a week, Chris Wotton, an unemployed farm labourer who ran the coop, and some of the estate's older children, borrowed a van from Centerprise […]

3. Any shop owned by a co-operative.
4. (video games) A co-operative game, as opposed to a competitive game or deathmatch.

Derived terms

• condop

Verb

co-op (third-person singular simple present co-ops, present participle co-oping or co-opping, simple past and past participle co-oped or co-opped)

1. Synonym of cooperate
   • 2012, Darrien Lee, All That and a Bag of Chips:

     It would also afford her the opportunity to see where he was co-oping.

Anagrams

• OPOC, POCO