federation
Definition
An organization, comprised of a set of smaller organizations or companies, which seeks to bring attention to issues that are of importance to its members. Each organization that comprises the federation maintains control over its own operations. For example, a group of small businesses in a related industry might form a federation in order to lobby the government for laws favorable to small businesses.
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federation is in the Economics, Politics, & Society subject.
federation appears in the definitions of the following terms: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Roman law, confederation, municipal law, International Standards Organization (ISO), civil law, precedent, Euro OverNight Index Average (EONIA) and CARIbbean COMmon market (CARICOM)
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