A venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise.
In business, an undertaking in which an individual or legal entity of one country forms a company with those of another country, with risks being shared

ETYM Cf. French syndicat, Late Lat. syndicatus.
A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities; SYN. mob.

(general term): A Microsoft term for a number of computers on a LAN sharing both resources and responsibilities. Workgroups can provide for a convenient sharing of files, printers, and network resources—essentially a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) system.
A group of users working on a common project and sharing computer files, typically over a LAN (local area network). See also groupware. + prikaži više

A group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved.