noun The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
noun Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
noun A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
noun Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
noun A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname, geographical origin, location, trade or business.