Coop

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Coop, COOP or Co-op may refer to:

Common meanings

• a pen or enclosure for birds, e.g. chicken coop
• Cooperative ("coop") or co-operative ("co-op"), an association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual, social, economic, and cultural benefit
  • Housing cooperative, e.g., a co-op apartment in a co-op apartment building
  • Building cooperative
• slang for prison
• Cooperative gameplay

Businesses

Supermarket chains

• Coop amba, a Danish chain
• Coop (Hungary), a Hungarian chain
• Coop (Italy), an Italian chain
• Coop (Netherlands), a Dutch chain
• COOP (Puerto Rico), a Puerto Rican chain
• Coop (Switzerland), a Swiss chain
• Coop Norge, a Norwegian chain

Other

• The Co-operative brand, used by several UK co-operative businesses
  • The Co-operative Group, the largest co-operative in the UK
  • The Co-operative Food, a food brand in the UK known as "The Co-op"
• Federated Co-operatives, a Canadian co-operative federation known for its "CO-OP" brand products and stores
• Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society, nicknamed "The Coop", a cooperative campus store based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
• CO-OP Financial Services, an interbank ATM network operating in Canada and United States
• Coop Savings and Loans Limited, a Nigerian mortgage lending company

Fictional characters

• Coop (Charmed), short for "Cupid", in the television series Charmed
• Cooper Bradshaw, in the soap opera Guiding Light, nicknamed "Coop"
• Marissa Cooper, in the television series The O.C., nicknamed "Coop"
• Coop, in the animated television series Megas XLR
• the title character of the film J. W. Coop, played by Cliff Robertson

Politics and government

• Continuity of Operations plan, a United States continuity of government initiative
• Coop, a minor political party in the Philippines
• Craft of Opportunity Program, a Royal Australian Navy minesweeper acquisition program
• Co-operative Party, a UK political party

People

• Coop (surname), a list of people
• Coop (artist), American hot-rod artist Chris Cooper (born 1968)

Other uses

• .coop, a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the internet
• Coop! The Music of Bob Cooper, a 1959 album
• The Co-op, a 1980s singer-songwriter cooperative that formed the Fast Folk musical magazine
• Co-Op Block and J. N. Ireland Bank, a NRHP-listed property in Malad City, Idaho, United States
• A type of street football with one goal
• COOP exam, a standardized admission test at certain U.S. based Catholic high schools
• National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Program (COOP), a network of American volunteers
• Cooperative education, a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience

See also

• Coupé
• Koop (disambiguation)
• Coops (disambiguation)