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means A group of people or organizations that team up and pool resources for a shared venture, while each member usually keeps its own independence.

from From Latin consortium, 'fellowship' or 'partnership,' built from con- ('together') and sors ('lot, share, fate') — the same sors that gives us 'sort' and 'consort.' A consors was literally someone who shared your lot or destiny, like heirs dividing an inheritance. So a consortium was originally a shared fate or shared portion — the modern corporate sense just dresses that old idea of 'bound together by a common stake' in boardroom clothes.