union
unification
uniting
conjugation jointure | the act of making or becoming a single unit, the union of opposing factions, he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays |
coupling
mating
pairing
conjugation
union sexual union | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes, the casual couplings of adolescents, the mating of some species occurs only in the spring |
| economic strangulation | punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them, the economic strangulation of the Jews by the Nazi Party |
economic mobilization
economic mobilisation | mobilization of the economy |
Cooper Union
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | university founded in by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences |
long underwear
union suit | an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece |
| student union | a building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body |
| union | a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) |
Union Jack
Union flag | national flag of the United Kingdom |
monetary value
price
cost | the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold), the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver, he puts a high price on his services, he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection |
| economic theory | (economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods) |
| economic geology | the branch of geology that deals with economically valuable geological materials |
| economic geography | the branch of geography concerned with the production and distribution of commodities |
economics
economic science
political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
| union card | a card certifying membership in a labor union |
| economic policy | a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues |
| union | the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts, lightning produced an unusual union of the metals |
class stratum
social class
socio-economic class | people having the same social, economic, or educational status, the working class, an emerging professional class |
| union sum join | a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets, let C be the union of the sets A and B |
| Council of Economic Advisors | an executive agency responsible for providing economic advice to the President |
European Union
EU
European Community
EC
European Economic Community
EEC
Common Market
Europe | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members, he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union |
| Pan American Union | the administrative agency of the Organization of American States |
union labor union
trade union
trades union
brotherhood | an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer, you have to join the union in order to get a job |
industrial union
vertical union | a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft |
| Teamsters Union | an industrial union of truck drivers and chauffeurs and warehouse workers |
| craft union | a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft |
| credit union | a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings |
| company union | a union of workers for a single company, a union not affiliated with a larger union |
| union shop | a company allowed to hire nonunion workers on the condition that they will join the union within a specified time |
| Constitutional Union Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in by former Whigs who hoped to preserve the Union |
Economic and Social Council
ECOSOC | a permanent council of the United Nations, responsible for economic and social conditions |
Economic and Social Council commission
ECOSOC commission | a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations |
| Economic Commission for Africa | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of African nations |
| Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of countries in Asia and the Far East |
| Economic Commission for Europe | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Europe |
| Economic Commission for Latin America | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Latin America |
International Monetary Fund
IMF | a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies |
| union | a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations, the Soviet Union |
| customs union | an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members |
economy
economic system | the system of production and distribution and consumption |
| Union Army | the northern army during the American Civil War |
labor movement
trade union movement
labor | an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement |
Myanmar
Union of Burma
Burma | a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal, much opium is grown in Myanmar |
Serbia and Montenegro
Union of Serbia and Montenegro
Yugoslavia
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Jugoslavija | a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea, formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until , Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro |
Soviet Union
Russia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USSR | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia, established in , included Russia and other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others), officially dissolved December |
Union
North | the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War), he has visited every state in the Union, Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union, the North's superior resources turned the scale |
| economic libertarian | a libertarian who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state |
economist
economic expert | an expert in the science of economics |
Federal Federal soldier
Union soldier | a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War |
trade unionist
unionist
union member | a worker who belongs to a trade union |