the Confederation of British Industry
Meaning of confederation in English
(Definition of confederation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
confederation | American Dictionary
politics & government
politics & government
Cdn Confederation is the joining of regions that had been British to create the independent country of Canada.
confederation | Business English
Never before has a confederation of small businesses so seriously challenged the onslaught of big discounters.
Examples of confederation
confederation
How did this transnational confederation of the learned make its peace with the nationalism that was often the key to its financial support?
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Somewhat surprisingly, the confederation agreed that market instruments were acceptable when regulating energy consumption.
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By the end of 1991, these realities had become inescapable, thereby dooming the confederation.
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These motif groups generally cleaved along political boundaries at the confederation level.
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What would be the competences of the confederation and its functioning?
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The confederation swiftly reconstituted itself after the fall of the regime and retained its power within the post-war licensing structure.
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Various sections of this powerful innkeepers' confederation, especially those of the capital, responded favourably.
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The confederation of states which we want demands a certain equality of resources.
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This fragmentation of social cohesion at a macro-level of society, the village confederation, reflected deeper transformations in the nature of competition within the region.
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Later political defeats of some radical groups and labour confederations did not stop the worker rebellion from below.
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Both confederations insist that they use their right to strike with success at times, but acknowledge that the market economy has lessened their influence.
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In 1918-1919 a national confederation of bakers was set up, also with its own production workshops.
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Not only could none of the capitals declare independence, but it would be difficult for a rival confederation to have annexed them.
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Many of the societies that concern us were organized as villages or confederations of villages.
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Other associations in medicine could broaden their mandate to provide or join a confederation to facilitate the development of this overarching structure.
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confédération…
konfederasyon, birleşmiş devletler topluluğu…
statenbond…
konfederace, spojení…
forbund, sammenslutning…
konfederasi…
การรวมกลุ่มกัน…
liên đoàn…
konfederacja…
statsförbund, konfederation…
konfederasi…
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forbund, (kon)føderasjon, samband…
федерація, союз держав…
