A combination of businesses closely interconnected for common profit

• cartel

  1. A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
  2. An association of industrialists, business firms, etc. for establishing a national or international monopoly by price fixing, ownership of controlling stock, etc.; trust
  3. An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.

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  1. A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
  2. An association of industrialists, business firms, etc. for establishing a national or international monopoly by price fixing, ownership of controlling stock, etc.; trust
  3. An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.

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• combine

  1. A power-operated harvesting machine that cuts, threshes, and cleans grain.
  2. A combination.
  3. An association of persons, corporations, etc. for commercial or political, sometimes unethical, purposes

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  1. A power-operated harvesting machine that cuts, threshes, and cleans grain.
  2. A combination.
  3. An association of persons, corporations, etc. for commercial or political, sometimes unethical, purposes

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• pool

  1. A small body of still water.
  2. Any of various games related to billiards played typically with object balls numbered from one to fifteen and a cue ball, on a : the object is to pocket a ball or balls
  3. A swimming pool.

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  1. A small body of still water.
  2. Any of various games related to billiards played typically with object balls numbered from one to fifteen and a cue ball, on a : the object is to pocket a ball or balls
  3. A swimming pool.

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• trust

  1. Reliance on something in the future; hope:
  2. An industrial or business combination, now illegal in the U.S., in which management and control of the member corporations are vested in a single board of trustees, who are thus able to control a market, absorb or eliminate competition, fix prices, etc.
  3. (Law) A legal relationship in which one party holds a title to property while another party has the entitlement to the beneficial use of that property.

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  1. Reliance on something in the future; hope:
  2. An industrial or business combination, now illegal in the U.S., in which management and control of the member corporations are vested in a single board of trustees, who are thus able to control a market, absorb or eliminate competition, fix prices, etc.
  3. (Law) A legal relationship in which one party holds a title to property while another party has the entitlement to the beneficial use of that property.

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An association

• company

  1. A subdivision of a military regiment or battalion that constitutes the lowest administrative unit. It is usually under the command of a captain and is made up of at least two platoons.
  2. A group associated for some purpose, as to form a commercial or industrial firm
  3. A troupe of dramatic or musical performers:

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  1. A subdivision of a military regiment or battalion that constitutes the lowest administrative unit. It is usually under the command of a captain and is made up of at least two platoons.
  2. A group associated for some purpose, as to form a commercial or industrial firm
  3. A troupe of dramatic or musical performers:

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• union

  1. In England, a former combination of parishes for the joint administration of relief for the poor; also, a workhouse kept up by such a union
  2. A labor union.
  3. The 0-10-2 train configuration. Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.

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  1. In England, a former combination of parishes for the joint administration of relief for the poor; also, a workhouse kept up by such a union
  2. A labor union.
  3. The 0-10-2 train configuration. Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.

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• partnership

  1. A relationship between individuals or groups that is characterized by mutual cooperation and responsibility, as for the achievement of a specified goal:
  2. The persons participating in such a business entity.
  3. A contract by which such an association is created

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  1. A relationship between individuals or groups that is characterized by mutual cooperation and responsibility, as for the achievement of a specified goal:
  2. The persons participating in such a business entity.
  3. A contract by which such an association is created

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• cartel

  1. An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.
  2. A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
  3. An association of industrialists, business firms, etc. for establishing a national or international monopoly by price fixing, ownership of controlling stock, etc.; trust

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  1. An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.
  2. A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
  3. An association of industrialists, business firms, etc. for establishing a national or international monopoly by price fixing, ownership of controlling stock, etc.; trust

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A council

• board

  1. A group of persons who manage or control a business, school system, etc.; council
  2. Food or meals considered as a whole:
  3. A diving board.

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  1. A group of persons who manage or control a business, school system, etc.; council
  2. Food or meals considered as a whole:
  3. A diving board.

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• cabinet

  1. (Politics, often capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.
  2. (Archaic) A private council room
  3. A body of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister to head the executive departments of the government and to act as official advisers.

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  1. (Politics, often capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.
  2. (Archaic) A private council room
  3. A body of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister to head the executive departments of the government and to act as official advisers.

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• chamber

  1. The private office where the judge consults with parties and conducts business not required to be brought in open court.
  2. An enclosed space or compartment:
  3. A board or council.

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  1. The private office where the judge consults with parties and conducts business not required to be brought in open court.
  2. An enclosed space or compartment:
  3. A board or council.

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