.coop.
Farm and other business cooperatives can now secure their own
online address suffix suf·fix
n.
An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or functioning as an inflectional ending, such as -ness in gentleness, -ing in walking, or -s in sits.
tr.v. as the ".coop COOP
See Banks for Cooperatives (COOP). " Internet domain is open
for registrations. Unlike Internet suffixes such as .com and .info,
which are open to all, only businesses that can certify cer·ti·fy
v. cer·ti·fied, cer·ti·fy·ing, cer·ti·fies
v.tr.
1.
a. To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine.
b. that they are
member-owned can reserve a name in the .coop domain.
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