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 |
pastime
interest pursuit | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly), sailing is her favorite pastime, his main pastime is gambling, he counts reading among his interests, they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits |
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 |
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 |
egoism
egocentrism
self-interest
selfoncern
selfenteredness | concern for your own interests and welfare |
opportunism
self-interest self-seeking
expedience | taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others |
sake
interest | a reason for wanting something done, for your sake, died for the sake of his country, in the interest of safety, in the common interest |
| interest interestingness | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.), they said nothing of great interest, primary colors can add interest to a room |
interest
involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something, an interest in music |
| union card | a card certifying membership in a labor union |
| union | the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts, lightning produced an unusual union of the metals |
interest
interest group | (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims, the iron interests stepped up production |
| special interest | an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor |
| vested interest | groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit |
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| union representative | a representative for a labor union |
EBITDA
Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization | income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted, an indicator of a company's profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts) |
| interest expense | interest paid on loans |
| interest stake | (law) a right or legal share of something, a financial involvement with something, they have interests all over the world, a stake in the company's future |
| controlling interest | ownership of more than % of a corporation's voting shares |
| insurable interest | an interest in a person or thing that will support the issuance of an insurance policy, an interest in the survival of the insured or in the preservation of the thing that is insured |
| vested interest | (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another |
| security interest | any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation |
| terminable interest | an interest in property that terminates under specific conditions |
undivided interest
undivided right | the interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire property |
| interest | a fixed charge for borrowing money, usually a percentage of the amount borrowed, how much interest do you pay on your mortgage? |