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Meanings of voluntary association in English

Russian
добровольное объединение
Portuguese
associação
Catalan
associació
Spanish
entidad sin animo de lucro

Group of people with shared interests or aims.

Related terms
добровольное объединение
Usage of voluntary association in English
1
All forms of civil compact and voluntary association might be dispensed with.
The Growth of Thought as Affecting the Progress of Society
2
Did he ever attend any voluntary association that didn't ask for a donation?
The Irish Times
3
It is not a mere voluntary association, not a mere corporation.
Modern American Prose Selections
4
What Bentham was to individualism, Robert Owen was to voluntary association.
Recent Developments in European Thought
5
It is a voluntary association made up of qualified chiropractors.
The Irish Times
6
The state is then by no means a voluntary association.
The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny
7
VICTIM Support, a voluntary association, is the premier agency dealing with victims of crime in Ireland.
The Irish Times
8
Surely a union that is not a voluntary association cannot truly think of itself as democratic?
The Guardian
9
The Internet is essentially a voluntary association.
The Online World
10
The state, as defined by the elder Adams, is held to be a voluntary association of individuals.
The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny
11
This was a voluntary association, and the corps was remarkable throughout the war for its valour and enterprise.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10,...
12
The Hansa, which had its headquarters in Lubeck, was a voluntary association of more than one hundred cities.
The Story of Mankind
13
Let us look for a moment at the voluntary association, and consider it as man in a larger form.
The Good Time Coming
14
What was there to fear in the voluntary association of six men, avowedly devoted to peaceful pursuits and benevolent purposes?
The Story of "Mormonism" and The Philosophy of "Mormonism"
15
Some 28 per cent of households now rent either from a private landlord or from a local authority or voluntary association.
The Irish Times
16
Without this sort of communication, would the voluntary association of men in search of truth be deprived of an inspiring principle.
Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of...