—adj.
1 of or affording cooperation.
2 willing to cooperate.
3 Econ. (of a farm, shop, or other business, or a society owning such businesses) owned and run jointly by its members, with profits shared among them.
—n. a cooperative farm or society or business.
Derivatives:
cooperatively adv. cooperativeness n.
Etymology: LL cooperativus (as COOPERATE)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.