commonwealth
Definition 1
Non-political, loose, and voluntary association of sovereign states, such as the British Commonwealth whose members are now-independent former British colonies, and which has no charter or constitution.
Definition 2
Political union in which a state with local autonomy (such as Puerto Rico) voluntarily accepts the sovereignty of another state (the United States) over its own.
commonwealth is in the Economics, Politics, & Society subject.
commonwealth appears in the definitions of the following terms:
crown,
directors' report,
high commission,
corporation act,
mutual fund,
advocate,
common stock,
adversary system,
corporate legislation,
ordinary share
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