syndicate Quick reference
Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins (3 ed.)
...syndicate [E17th] A syndicate was initially a committee of syndics (government officials). It comes from late Latin syndicus ‘delegate of a corporation’. Current verb senses such as ‘control by a syndicate’ date from the late 19th...
syndicate ((at Lloyd’s)) Quick reference
A Dictionary of Economics (5 ed.)
...syndicate (at Lloyd’s) A group of Lloyd ’s names who combine to provide insurance. Each member of a syndicate provides a stated amount of capital; if the syndicate makes a profit on the policies it has issued, all members of the syndicate gain in proportion to their share of the capital employed. If a syndicate makes a loss, each member is liable in proportion to his or her share in the capital, with unlimited liability as to the extent of the loss. Every member of a syndicate is also responsible to an unlimited extent for the losses if other members...
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A Dictionary of Finance and Banking (6 ed.)
... 1. A group of bankers, insurers, contractors, etc., who join together to work on a large project. Notable activities undertaken by such a group may include syndicated loans and underwriting ( see also syndicated bank facility ). 2. A number of Lloyd ’s underwriters who accept insurance risks as a group; each syndicate is run by a syndicate manager or agent. The names in the syndicate accept an agreed share of each risk in return for the same proportion of the premium. The names do not take part in organizing the underwriting business but...
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A Dictionary of Business and Management (6 ed.)
... 1. A group of bankers, insurers, contractors, etc., who join together to work on a large project. Notable activities undertaken by such a group may include syndicated loans and underwriting ( see also syndicated bank facility .) 2. A number of Lloyd’s underwriters who accept insurance risks as a group; each syndicate is run by a syndicate manager or agent. The names in the syndicate accept an agreed share of each risk in return for the same proportion of the premium. The names do not take part in organizing the underwriting business but treat...
syndicate Reference library
The Handbook of International Financial Terms
... . 1 (UK) A grouping of Names in the Lloyd's of London market to underwrite insurance business ( cf. pool ). 2 (Securities) Normally comprises three groups of securities dealers with different responsibility for the underwriting and distribution of new issues: the managers ; underwriters ; and the selling group . Note these three groups may be called by different names in different markets. Also known as a purchase group . 3 (Banking) Used in a similar sense to (ii) in the syndicated loans market for banks accepting a part share of a loan...
syndicate restrictions Reference library
The Handbook of International Financial Terms
... restrictions . The restrictions found in an underwriting agreement or placed on a syndicate in relation to the offer ( cf. fixed price reoffering...
underwriting syndicate Reference library
The Handbook of International Financial Terms
...syndicate . A group of institutions that act together to share, or syndicate, an underwriting risk (cf. purchase agreement ). See underwriting agreement...
newspaper syndicate Quick reference
A Dictionary of Marketing (4 ed.)
...syndicate An organization that distributes material, for example news articles and features, to newspapers, for...
Stratemeyer Syndicate Reference library
The Oxford Companion to the Book
...Syndicate American *publisher of book series, founded in 1883 by Edward Stratemeyer . The best known are ‘The Hardy Boys’, ‘The Bobbsey Twins’, and ‘Nancy Drew’. In 1979 , the *rights to continue the series were sold to *Simon & Schuster . Beth E. Luey D. Johnson , Edward Stratemeyer and the Stratemeyer Syndicate ...
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A Dictionary of Agriculture and Land Management
...syndicate A group of shooters, usually termed ‘guns’, who buy shooting, normally from landowners, or who manage their own shooting operation. See also shooting ; sporting rights ; gamekeeper...
Stratemeyer Syndicate Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
...public for the first time. Although her junior partners continued the syndicate after her death, they sold it in 1984 to Simon & Schuster , which has continued to publish new incarnations of the syndicate's four most popular series. A major archive of Stratemeyer Syndicate materials is housed at the New York Public Library, with additional archives at Yale University and at the University of Oregon. Benjamin Lefebvre Billman, Carol . The Secret of the Stratemeyer Syndicate: Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and the Million Dollar Fiction Factory . New...
Theatrical Syndicate Reference library
The Companion to Theatre and Performance
...Syndicate An association or ‘trust’ comprised of six booking agencies and theatre owners that joined together in 1896 to control most American production. The period of Syndicate dominance was the most centralized in the history of American theatre and offers a case study in monopolistic practices. The Syndicate consisted of the Klaw and Erlanger Exchange; Samuel Nixon and J. Fred Zimmerman ; Al Hayman ; and *Frohman . The trust owned or controlled booking for nearly all ‘first-class’ theatres in the United States and so was in a position to...
Theatrical Syndicate Reference library
Mark Fearnow
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
...With an unchecked ability to drive down costs and set prices, the Syndicate flourished financially , fighting off challenges from independent theatre owners, booking agents, playwrights such as David Belasco , or recalcitrant actors such as Minnie Maddern Fiske , who toured the country performing in gymnasiums, tents , and skating rinks to avoid Syndicate control. The Syndicate was blamed for much that ailed American theatre and drama. Conceived as a purely business enterprise, the Syndicate had no interest in theatre as an art form. Plays, actors, and...
Stratemeyer Syndicate Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2 ed.)
...Stratemeyer Syndicate Created by Edward L. Stratemeyer ( 1862–1930 ) and continued by his daughter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams ( 1892–1982 ). Edward L. Stratemeyer was a hugely prolific American writer and publisher of juvenile literature. He often started a series by outlining and writing books himself, and then used teams of freelancers working under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen names, and sometimes had other publishers bring out his books. He is credited with being the first book packager for children, and becoming, by the 1920s, the publisher of most of...
Theatrical Syndicate Reference library
The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.)
...Syndicate , association of American businessmen in the theatre, formed in 1896 , which included Charles Frohman . For about 16 years they controlled most of the theatres of New York and many of those in other big towns, and gradually they exerted a stranglehold over the whole entertainment life of the USA. The Syndicate's original intentions—to rationalize theatre organization and prevent exploitation—developed into a determined commercialism which suppressed competition and depressed aesthetic standards. It was powerful enough to harm those who...
Syndicate Authors Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing
...little about the Stratemeyer Syndicate authors was known to the public. In order to protect the image of Carolyn Keene (the name on the Nancy Drew stories) and others, the identities of the actual writers were concealed and they were not permitted to claim authorship or a share in royalties. Howard Garis, one of the first writers hired by Stratemeyer's Syndicate after its founding in 1904 , was paid $75 for the first Tom Swift book. Syndicate authors, in general, were competent writers, not hacks. Because the income from Syndicate writing was steady,...
breaking the syndicate Reference library
The Handbook of International Financial Terms
...the syndicate . The termination of the underwriting agreement or purchase and sale agreement . Normally, the agreement will stipulate when this would occur, but in securities underwriting early termination by mutual consent is quite common. Once the syndicate is broken, the underwriters are free to sell the security at whatever price they choose. Prior to this they must attempt to sell the securities at the offering price . Two conditions are likely to break the syndicate: either a successful distribution of the issue has occurred, or the...
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Theatrical Syndicate [Trust] Reference library
The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
...Syndicate [Trust] A virtual monopoly that dominated American theatre at the beginning of the twentieth century, controlling the major venues and insisting its clients did not conduct business with anyone else. In the 1890s there was a free-for-all among booking agents, who had flooded into New York in the wake of a new-found ability to tour America following the massive rail expansion that followed the Civil War. A group of producers, theatre owners and agents representing interests across the states, including Abraham Erlanger , Charles Frohman , ...
Underground Press Syndicate Quick reference
A Dictionary of Journalism
...Underground Press Syndicate ( UPS ) A loose grouping of alternative newspapers and magazines that identified themselves as being part of the underground press between 1966 and the mid-1970s. Based in the USA and initiated by Allan Katzman of the East Village Other in New York, the UPS linked the underground press on an international basis. Although it held occasional gatherings, its main function was to allow member publications to reprint each other’s material (including cartoons and graphics by Robert Crumb and others) without either payment or...
Theatrical Syndicate, The Reference library
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3 ed.)
...Syndicate, The [also known as The Theatrical Trust]. Formed in 1895 at a secret meeting which included A. L. Erlanger , Charles Frohman , William Harris , Al Hayman , Marc Klaw , Samuel F. Nixon‐Nirdlinger , and Fred Zimmerman , its ostensible purpose was to bring order to the chaotic booking practices then prevalent in the theatre. Within a short time, however, the group monopolized virtually all major American playhouses and dictated terms to producers, actors, and other theatrical figures. A few stalwart opponents, notably Mr. and Mrs. ...
