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.
swear verb (USE RUDE WORDS). B2 [I] to use words that are ârude or âoffensive as a way of âemphasizing what you âmean or as a way of âinsulting someone or something: It was a âreal âshock, the first âtime I âheard my âmother swear. When the âcab âdriver âstarted to swear at him, he âwalked away. More examples.