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affiliation, alliance, amalgamation, association, centralization, coalition, combination, combine, concert, confederacy, confederation, cooperation, federal union, integration, league, merger, organized body, pool, syndicate, unification, union
associated concepts: labor federation, unincorporated association
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affiliation (amalgamation), association (alliance), cartel, chamber (body), coaction, coalescence, coalition, committee, company (enterprise), confederacy (compact), consolidation, contact (association), contribution (participation), cooperative, corporation, integration (assimilation), league, merger, organization (association), partnership, pool, society, sodality, syndicate, union (labor organization)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.A union of states that share a central government but also govern themselves independently.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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A joining together of states or nations in a league or association; the league itself. An unincorporated association of persons for a common purpose.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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A joining together of states or nations in a league or association; the league itself. An unincorporated association of persons for a common purpose.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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fédération — [ federasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • fin XVIIIe; « alliance, union » XIVe; lat. fœderatio 1 ♦ Groupement, union de plusieurs États en un seul État fédéral. REM. Fédération a longtemps été employé comme syn. de confédération. Dr. internat. État fédéral… … Encyclopédie Universelle
federation — fed‧e‧ra‧tion [ˌfedəˈreɪʆn] noun [countable] 1. ORGANIZATIONS a group of organizations, clubs, or people that have joined together to form a single group to represent their interests, and often used in the names of professional associations and… … Financial and business terms
Federation — Fédération Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom … Wikipédia en Français
Federation II — is an online text based game also known as Federation 2 or Fed2, designed and programmed by Alan Lenton and developed by IBGames that centers on the intergalactic trade and economy in the distant future. The game was originally launched in 2003,… … Wikipedia
federation — federation, confederation, confederacy Federation and confederation are the more precise constitutional terms, a federation being a union of federal states and a confederation being a union of states in alliance. Confederacy is a looser term for… … Modern English usage
federation — 1721, union by agreement, from Fr. fédération, from L.L. foederationem (nom. foederatio), noun of action from L. foederare league together, from foedus covenant, league (gen. foederis); see FEDERAL (Cf. federal) … Etymology dictionary
federation — [fed΄ər ā′shən] n. [Fr fédération < ML federatio < L foederatus: see FEDERATE] 1. the act of uniting or of forming a union of states, groups, etc. by agreement of each member to subordinate its power to that of the central authority in… … English World dictionary
Federation — Fed er*a tion, n. [Cf. F. f[ e]d[ e]ration.] 1. The act of uniting in a league; confederation. [1913 Webster] 2. A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government. Burke. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
federation — confederacy, confederation, coalition, fusion, *alliance … New Dictionary of Synonyms
federation — [n] partnership, organization alliance, amalgamation, association, bunch, coalition, combination, confederacy, crew, crowd, entente, family, federacy, gang, league, mob, outfit, pool, ring, syndicate, syndication, tribe, union; concepts… … New thesaurus
