Definitions of cooperative
relating to an organization or business that is owned and managed by the people who work in it, with the profits (=money made after paying the costs) or benefits shared among them
The real life application of a cooperative business model is helping New Zealand's credit unions compete.
relating to people or organizations that are willing to help or do what is asked of them
The layout of individual classrooms off long corridors doesn't fit with the current cooperative approach toward education.