As a registered legal entity, a cooperative differs from a company in that it requires at least five shareholders, each of whom hold equal voting rights. Cooperatives apply the concepts of sharing, democracy and delegation in order to benefit all members.
Definition of curse. 1  1 : a prayer or invocation for harm or injury to come upon one : imprecation People believe that there is a curse on the house. 2  2 : a profane or obscene oath or word In an antechamber, his lieutenants suddenly heard the shattering of glass and angry curses.
Cuss is simply an American alteration of curse, and its meaning âto say bad wordsâ was first recorded in 1815. How does swear come to simultaneously mean âto bind oneself by oath,â and âto use profane oaths or languageâ? The earliest swear words were identical to curse words â taking the Christian Godâs name in vain, or speaking of acts that were considered sinful.