Look up: affiliation

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   Affiliation
   An agreement between two or more otherwise independent entities or individuals that defines how they will relate to one another. Agreements between hospitals may specify procedures for referring or transferring patients. Agreements between providers may include joint managed care contracting.
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   affiliation
   [n] - a social or business relationship 2. [n] - the act of becoming formally connected or joined
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   affiliation
   state of belonging to a club,political party,country,class,etc. Category: Man and society • the method through which a union joins a larger labor organisation and becomes a component part of the greater labor organization.. Category: Labour
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   Affiliation
   Af·fil`i·a'tion noun [ French affiliation , Late Latin affiliatio .] 1. Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society. 2. (Law) The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation. 3. Connection in the way of descent. H. Spencer.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/38
   
   
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   affiliation
   noun the act of becoming formally connected or joined; `welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university`
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   affiliation
   association noun a social or business relationship; `a valuable financial affiliation`; `he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team`; `many close associations with England`
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   Affiliation
   In law, `affiliation ` (from Latin `ad-filiare`, to adopt as a son) is the term to describe a partnership between two or more parties.
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   Affiliation
   • (n.) Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society. • (n.) Connection in the way of descent. • (n.) The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.
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   affiliation
   
   1. a social or business relationship
   2. the act of becoming formally connected or joined
   
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