辛迪加 (xīn dí jiā) — (economics) syndicate

Definition

A syndicate is a group of businesses or individuals that join together to control a market or finance a large project (e.g. oil, banking). It's a loanword (from English 'syndicate') used in formal economic and financial writing.

noun
(economics) syndicate

Examples

  • 辛迪加。
    Zhè ge xīn dí jiā kòng zhì le quán guó yí bàn de shí yóu shì chǎng.
    This syndicate controls half of the country's oil market.
  • 辛迪加。
    Zhèng fǔ zhèng zài diào chá zhè ge jīn róng xīn dí jiā.
    The government is investigating this financial syndicate.
  • 辛迪加。
    Nà ge xīn dí jiā de chéng yuán dōu shì dà qǐ yè jiā.
    The members of that syndicate are all big entrepreneurs.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The oldest forms of 辛 drew a newly grown tree shoot. The shape was later also read as a sharp marking tool, but that reading may come from confusing it with another character.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

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