The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cooperative \Co*["o]p"er*a*tive\, a. Operating jointly to the same end.
Co["o]perative society, a society established on the principle of a joint-stock association, for the production of commodities, or their purchase and distribution for consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital among its members.
Co["o]perative store, a store established by a co["o]perative society, where the members make their purchases and share in the profits or losses.
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "cooperative society".
In the selection of workers, breeders, and the various specialists, in the development of a Hive consciousness through all of the chemical and manipulative devices at our disposal, the blueprint of our cooperative society is etched with a potential for permanence that must be monitored with the greatest caution.
As never before in their history, they became for a time a cooperative society of beings, their combative nature stemmed by a compact, a truce.
I only meant after struggling with incompetents and hassling with the Director that it was pleasant to watch a cooperative society.