consortium

konsortio, yhteenliittymä An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
An association or society.
puhekieltä The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
puhekieltä A group of symbiotic microbes.
English consortium (association, arrangement)
cartel
(inflection of)