total membership

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandmembership

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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membership
noun
uk
/ˈmem.bə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈmem.bɚ.ʃɪp/
the state of belonging to ...
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(Definition oftotalandmembershipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This type of unionization exaggerates union density, which is more accurately reflected by the composition of industrial unions in thetotalmembership.
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Of thetotalmembershipof 317 in four different societies covering the years 1899 -1905, almost two-thirds were active members.
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Between 1887 and 1893 alone the number of specialist agricultural associations rose from 1,953 to 3,134, with theirtotalmembershipincreasing from 153,431 to 232,844.
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Thetotalmembershiprose from 115,000 in 1893 to 1,234,000 in 1920 (close to half of the population over the age of 15).
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Thetotalmembershipof the interprofessional and professional groups can be estimated at between 80,000 to 100,000.
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From a base of less than 50,000 members in 1860, the connexion expanded rapidly to the point at which, in 1916, it could claim atotalmembershipof around 700,000.
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There are 150,000 non-profit-making sports clubs in this country, with atotalmembershipof 6.5 million people.
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Totalmembershipnumbers, which often fluctuate, are not available centrally.
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It is perfectly true that the total number of those who voted was a very small proportion of thetotalmembership.
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Thetotalmembershipof the councils will vary, but in every case there will be at least five representatives of ex-service organisations.
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I may add that 923 societies and 6,156 branches, with atotalmembershipof 13,015,180, are providing additional benefits.
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Thetotalmembershipof these committees is being reduced by 19 and this leaves less scope than usual for bringing in new members.
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Thetotalmembershipis 1,793 but the number of persons is less because some are members of more than one body.
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In local government, where local authorities are much smaller than thetotalmembershipof another place, it can mean that the minority, the opposition, disappears.
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The statistics do not distinguish between men and women, and precise information as to the presenttotalmembershipof all trade unions is not available.
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There are seven area nurse training committees, with atotalmembershipof ninety-one.
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The amendment says quite clearly, "a simple majority of thetotalmembership".
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Thetotalmembershipof the sub-committees is 275 of which 137 are crofters.
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If a strike were to be authorised by a ballot of thetotalmembership, how could it be called off except by another ballot?
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The corps was planned to build up to atotalmembershipof about 100 in the first few years.
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