institution
Definition 1
Establishment, foundation, or organization created to pursue a particular type of endeavor, such as banking by a financial institution.
Definition 2
Consistent and organized pattern of behavior or activities (established by law or custom) that is self-regulating in accordance with generally accepted norms. For example, political institutions are involved with (and regulate) competition for power; and economic institutions (such as markets) encourage and regulate production and distribution of goods and services.
institution is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law and Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership subjects.
institution appears in the definitions of the following terms:
government,
populism,
voluntary sector,
executor,
body corporate,
risk,
board of governors,
bulletin,
separation of powers,
European Central Bank (ECB)
and
institution appears in the other terms:
lending institution,
institutional market,
thrift institution,
financial institution,
non-depository financial institution,
institutional investors,
institutional lenders,
institutional transformation,
economic institutions,
depository institution
and
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