voluntary association
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvoluntaryandassociation
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voluntary
adjective
uk/ˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/us/ˈvɑː.lən.ter.i/
done, made, or given willingly, without being forced or paid to ...
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association
noun
uk/əˌsəʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/us/əˌsoʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
a group of people who work together in a single organization for a ...
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(Definition ofvoluntaryandassociationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Nations of joiners: explainingvoluntaryassociationmembership in democratic societies.
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Motives for initiating and continuing membership in a recreation-relatedvoluntaryassociation.
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It is avoluntaryassociation.
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Is it avoluntaryassociation?
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Only a tiny portion of discussion partners was accounted for by fellow church orvoluntaryassociationmembers or neighbours.
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Is it to remain for ever a purelyvoluntaryassociation?
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It is avoluntaryassociationof free people.
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After all, it is only avoluntaryassociation.
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This collectivity may be a social club, avoluntaryassociation, a religious group, a government agency, or a profit-making business enterprise.
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Indeed, their theoretical and ideological agendas rest on defending the autonomy of the economy, civil society, andvoluntaryassociationfrom undue state intrusion.
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The combination of substantial public funds and of competitivevoluntaryassociationand statutory agency providers has produced more specialist and, probably, more effective provision for homeless people.
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That is so far as regards avoluntaryassociationoutside the insured trades.
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In my constituency avoluntaryassociationruns the hospital radio service for the benefit of patients.
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This is something new—avoluntaryassociationof unlike-minded peoples.
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The others formed themselves as best they could into avoluntaryassociation.
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That is normally the way it works with avoluntaryassociation.
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We are applying the law against discrimination to clubs of purelyvoluntaryassociation.
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The methods of avoluntaryassociationlike this provide a very useful way.
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Our belief is that human beings are entitled to be involuntaryassociation.
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There may be a case forvoluntaryassociationbetween these docks.
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There is no reason why they should be and, indeed, thevoluntaryassociationincludes them.
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That is their clear right as members of avoluntaryassociation.
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The difficulty, he said, was with regard to a particularvoluntaryassociation.
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The borough council makes a grant in aid to thisvoluntaryassociation.
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Certainly today the phrase "voluntaryassociation" can be used to describe what is wanted by the people of this area.
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