representative organization

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representative
noun[C]
uk
/ˌrep.rɪˈzen.tə.tɪv/us
/ˌrep.rɪˈzen.t̬ə.t̬ɪv/
someone who speaks or does something officially for another person or group ...
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organization
noun
uk
/ˌɔː.ɡən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɔːr.ɡən.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
a group of people who work together in an organized way for a ...
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(Definition ofrepresentativeandorganizationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The whole technique ofrepresentativeorganizationconsists in assuring in practice the reality of this common vision, continuously if possible, periodically at the very least.
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It is therefore considered the student government and studentrepresentativeorganization.
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In tackling these questions, we have tried to favour the views of consumers, as conveyed to us by their representative organizations.
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First it should be clearly established that the workers must be consulted, via their representative organizations, at least three months before any final decision is taken on restructuring.
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We now have a set of specifications that is acceptable to all users or at least to those authentic representative organizations that were assessing the matter on behalf of users.
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Furthermore, we fear that the universal pronouncement of a right to consultation will, in reality, serve to promote inadequately representative organizations, which would distort rather than improve the procedures.
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For example, the users in a study on health are not only the health care organizations or the pharmaceutical industry, but, above all, the patients and their representative organizations.
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Today, movie sharing has become so common that it has caused major concern amongst movie studios and their representative organizations.
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The role that intermediaries and representative organisations may play should be considered.
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Employers were to form one group, labor another, and they and other groups were to deal with one another through their representative organizations.
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Unofficial exchanges resumed in 1997 through informal meetings between personnel of the two sides' unofficial representative organizations.
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The four remaining members, all accredited journalists, were appointed by the private sector (1) and the most representative organizations in the public sector (3).
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It also makes grants to programs that assist communities in designing sustainable development strategies, and in strengthening their representative organizations.
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The reform movement's potential was nowhere more threatening to the hegemony of the party than in the population's persistent demands for more truly representative organizations in every area of life.
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