a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.

to place in a cooperative arrangement, esp. to convert (an apartment or building) to a cooperative. ?

go co-op

to convert to a cooperative

Our apartment building is going co-op.

verb

set free

noun

birdcage , cage , corral , enclosure , hutch , lock-up , mew , poundnotes:a coop is a cage or enclosure; a co-op is a cooperative organization , brig , house of correction , keep , penitentiary , prison

verb

cage , close in , corral , detain , enclose , fence in , hem in , hold captive , hold prisoner , impound , imprison , incarcerate , intern , keep , lock up , pen , put under lock and key , shut in , shut up , trapnotes:a coop is a cage or enclosure; a co-op is a cooperative organization , fence , immure , mew , wall , co-op , confine , cooperative , cramp , enclosure , hutch , incage , jail , prison , yard