Associate
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Associate may refer to:
- A business valuationBusiness valuationBusiness valuation is a process and a set of procedures used to estimate the economic value of an owner’s interest in a business. Valuation is used by financial market participants to determine the price they are willing to pay or receive to consummate a sale of a business...
concept. - A titleCorporate titlePublicly and privately held for-profit corporations confer corporate titles or business titles on company officials as a means of identifying their function in the organization...
used by some companies instead of employeeEmploymentEmployment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
. - A titleCorporate titlePublicly and privately held for-profit corporations confer corporate titles or business titles on company officials as a means of identifying their function in the organization...
used to signify an independent (often self employedSelf-employmentSelf-employment is working for one's self.Self-employed people can also be referred to as a person who works for himself/herself instead of an employer, but drawing income from a trade or business that they operate personally....
) person working as if directly employed by the company of which they are an associate. Such a person may be an associate of more than one company. - Associate, to form an associationAssociation (psychology)In psychology and marketing, two concepts or stimuli are associated when the experience of one leads to the effects of another, due to repeated pairing. This is sometimes called Pavlovian association for Ivan Pavlov's pioneering of classical conditioning....
or connection between two or more concepts in the mind or imagination. Conversely, to disassociate, is to disconnect those associations in your mind and distance yourself from certain thoughts or ideas. - Associate, a person who has some dealings with another, possibly a friend. Often used for business partnerBusiness partnerBusiness partner is a term used to denote a commercial entity with which another commercial entity has some form of alliance. This relationship may be a highly contractual, exclusive bond in which both entities commit not to ally with third parties...
s. - Associate, a person who is in league with the MafiaMafiaThe Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
but is not treated as a full memberMade manA made man, also known as a Mafioso , made guy, man of honor, or uomo d'onore , is someone who has been officially inducted into the Sicilian or American Mafia . They may also be referred to by some as a goodfella or wiseguy...
, e.g. a corrupt official. - Associate attorneyAssociate attorneyAn associate attorney is a lower-level employee of a traditional law firm who does not hold an ownership interest as a partner.-Attorneys:An associate may be a junior or senior associate, but normally does not yet hold an ownership interest in the firm even if they have been associated with the...
, lowest level employee lawyer in a traditional United States law firm. - Associate JusticeAssociate JusticeAssociate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the United States Supreme Court and some state supreme courts, and for some other courts in Commonwealth...
, a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice. - Judge's associate: an assistant to a Judge in an Australian Court (akin to a Judge's clerk in an American court).
- Research associateResearch associateThe title of research associate is used to denote an academic research position at a university or similar institution. A research associate usually conducts research under the supervision of a principal investigator. In contrast to a research assistant or research officer, a research associate...
- Associate's degreeAssociate's degreeAn associate degree is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, technical colleges, and bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years...
, a two-year educational degree. - Associate companyAssociate companyAn associate company in accounting and business valuation is a company in which another company owns a significant portion of voting shares, usually 20–50%. In this case, an owner does not consolidate the associate's financial statements. Ownership of over 50% creates a subsidiary, with its...
, an accounting and business valuation concept. - Associate (ring theory), a mathematical concept.
- Associate member Russian: член-корреспондент (chlen-korrespondent)
- The AssociateThe AssociateThe Associate is a 1996 film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Timothy Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Austin Pendleton and Lainie Kazan...
, a 1996 film starring Whoopi Goldberg. - The Associate (soundtrack)The Associate (soundtrack)The Associate is the original motion picture soundtrack of the self-titled movie from 1996, starring Whoopi Goldberg, the winner of a Grammy, seven Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Tony, as well as an Oscar....
, a 1996 original soundtrack album - The AssociateThe Associate (novel)The Associate is a legal thriller by John Grisham. His twenty-first novel, it was published by Doubleday and released in the United States on January 27, 2009.-Plot summary:...
, a 2009 novel by John Grisham.