A set whose members belong to at least one of a group of two or more given sets. The union of the sets {1,2,3} and {3,4,5} is the set {1,2,3,4,5}, and the union of the sets {6,7} and {11,12,13} is the set {6,7,11,12,13}. The symbol for union is .
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 common affairs
In divorce law, in states that do not have no-fault divorce, an agreement between husband and wife to suppress facts, manufacture false evidence, or to do some act that would create or appear to create a ground for divorce. If discovered, the agreement will cause the divorce to be denied.
A mutual understanding between two or more legally competent individuals or entities about their rights and duties regarding their past or future performances and consideration. While an agreement usually leads to a contract, it could also be an executed sale, a gift or other transfer of property, or a promise without a legal obligation.
A relationship between individuals or groups that is characterized by mutual cooperation and responsibility, as for the achievement of a specified goal:
A set of elements subject to the operations of addition and multiplication, in which the set is an abelian group under addition and associative under multiplication and in which the two operations are related by distributive laws.
The legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife, and in some jurisdictions, between two persons of the same sex, usually entailing legal obligations of each person to the other.
A unit of a housing co-operative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep.
An agreement to satisfy a claim by some form of discharging the obligation other than what the obligee is, or considers himself, entitled to. See also accord and satisfaction.
The definition of a cartel is an arrangement between people who will benefit from the arrangement, often in an illegal way.
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consociation
A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and cooperation in ecclesiastical matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united.
Related in origin, as certain words in genetically related languages descended from the same ancestral root; for example, English name and Latin nōmen from Indo-European *nō̆-men-.
A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it.
Union
implies a close, permanent alliance and suggests complete unity of purpose and interest
Confederacy
and
confederation
in political usage refer to a combination of independent states for the joint exercise of certain governmental functions, as defense or customs
Coalition
implies a temporary alliance of opposing parties, factions, etc., as in times of emergency
League
, often interchangeable with
alliance
, stresses formality of organization and definiteness of purpose
Alliance
refers to any association entered into for mutual benefit
Find another word for alliance. In this page you can discover 130 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for alliance, like: union, connection, membership, association, league, engagement, affinity, coalition, war, support and relation.
Meanwhile the king had formed an alliance with Henry VII.
By the tension between the two, their alliance was brittle at best.
Subsequently, however, they entered into an alliance, and ravaged the sea-board of Attica.
So far the party has refrained from formal alliance with the other great parties of the state.
It is not quite easy to see why he abandoned this successful policy in order to hasten on a war with Sparta, and neither the Corcyrean alliance nor the Megarian decree seems justified by the facts as known to us, though commercial motives may have played a part which we cannot now gauge.