federation
I
noun
affiliation, alliance, amalgamation, association, centralization, coalition, combination, combine, concert, confederacy, confederation, cooperation, federal union, integration, league, merger, organized body, pool, syndicate, unification, union
associated concepts: labor federation, unincorporated association
II
index
affiliation (amalgamation), association (alliance), cartel, chamber (body), coaction, coalescence, coalition, committee, company (enterprise), confederacy (compact), consolidation, contact (association), contribution (participation), cooperative, corporation, integration (assimilation), league, merger, organization (association), partnership, pool, society, sodality, syndicate, union (labor organization)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006