Definition

1. Noun:
   • A businessman who forms a syndicate: A person, typically in finance, media, or real estate, who organizes a group of individuals or companies (a syndicate) to combine resources for a common project, investment, or venture.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The syndicator assembled a group of investors to fund the new film.
  • As a successful real estate syndicator, she pools capital from multiple partners to purchase large properties.

Advanced Usage

• Role in Media: In television and print media, a syndicator is a company or individual that licenses content (like TV shows or newspaper columns) for broadcast or publication by multiple local stations or outlets.
  • The program syndicator sold the rights to the popular show to networks in over fifty countries.

Variants and Related Words

• Syndicate (noun/verb): The group itself or the act of forming such a group.
  • The banking syndicate provided the loan. (noun)
  • They decided to syndicate the column to regional newspapers. (verb)
• Syndication (noun): The process or state of being formed into a syndicate, especially the distribution of media content.
  • The show entered syndication after its original network run ended.

Synonyms

• Organizer
• Promoter
• Consortium leader

Related Phrases

• To syndicate a loan: To share a large loan among a group of lenders.
  • The lead bank will syndicate the loan to mitigate risk.
• Syndicated column: A newspaper or magazine column published in multiple periodicals by a syndicator.
  • Her advice is featured in a nationally syndicated column.

Noun

1. a businessman who forms a syndicate