cooperative

adj

1. Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.

   “The patient was rarely cooperative, and tended to refuse treatment.”

   “Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011).”

2. Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.

   “a cooperative game”

   “a cooperative business enterprise”

3. Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.

noun

1. A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.

   “The head of an agricultural producers’ cooperative in Chien-shih county of Hupei Province lectured his peasant wife: “To gain emancipation, women must do production work just like men.””

   “Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds.”