an alliance

Definition of an alliance in English English dictionary: confederacy
alliance: Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity
The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics. --Mansel.
alliance: The persons or parties allied. --Udall
alliance: The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England
alliance: any combination or union for some common purpose
alliance: {n} an union by treaty or marriage
Alliance: Formal arrangement with a separate company for purposes of development, and involving exchange of information, hardware, intellectual property, or enabling technology Alliances involve shared risk and reward (e g , co-development projects)
Alliance: the result of formal agreements between two or more nations for broad, long-term objectives; see also multinational
Alliance: – a strategic alliance (The Alliance) with Ashanti Goldfields for the joint acquisition and development of exploration properties in West Africa
Alliance: A method in which the treble spends a different amount of time in different places
Alliance: Stanford provided $3 of the $12 million needed to launch this distance learning venture with Oxford, Princeton and Yale universities Alliance will provide online courses in the arts and sciences to the 500,000 alumni of the four schools
Alliance: Large businesses, small businesses, and individuals who form a group for insurance coverage
Alliance: an agreement between people or nations that states they will help each other
Alliance: a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them"
Alliance: a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim
Alliance: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
Alliance: a partnership among two or more parties that pursue a set of agreed upon goals Alliance building often involves negotiation among the different partners in the definition of goals and ethical ground rules, joint action areas, and agreement on the form of cooperation reflected in the alliance World Health Organization Health Promotion Glossary, 1998 Adapted
Alliance: An official working partnership with another organization
Alliance: the act of forming an alliance or confederation
Alliance: a formal agreement between two persons or nations
Alliance: A military treaty between two or more states, providing for a mutually-planned offensive, or for assistance in the case of attack on any member
Alliance: As originally described in the proposed American Health Security Act of 1993, one or more regional health alliances would be established in each state to provide health care for all residents in that geographic region Current usage refers to smaller alliances with voluntary participation
Alliance: - short form or common name of the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance Party Its leader is Stockwell Day
Alliance: A physiognomically uniform group of associations sharing one or more diagnostic (dominant, differential, indicator, or character) species that, as a rule, are found in the uppermost stratum of the vegetation (FGDC) This is the second finest level in the National Vegetation Classification Standard hierarchy See the table under USNVC
Alliance: The Merchanter's Alliance, a coalition of ships who trade with each other and with stations If they had not united when they did, they would have been overcome by planet-based governments (see: Union, Company)
Alliance: A relationship between two search engines, or between a search engine and another site, that increases the traffic to the search engine For instance, Yahoo! has a deal with AltaVista whereby it sends "overflow" searches (i e ones that do not return any useful results) to AltaVista's much larger database Both AltaVista and HotBot send traffic to LookSmart Changing alliances can have a huge effect on the size (and hence the importance) of different search engines
Alliance: Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers Funded through IDEA, the Alliance works with parent centers to participate more effectively in meeting the educational needs of children with disabilities by providing print materials, electronic communication, teleconferences, national and regional conferences and consultation
Alliance: JP 1-02
Alliance: shall mean the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
Alliance: a strategic agreement between two companies that is short of a full merger or acquisition; a joint venture
Alliance: The most 'virtual' of business webs, participants are members of a creative community that designs useful things, create knowledge, or produces dynamic shared experiences Still in its infancy in a business context, it aims to achieve high value integration without hierarchical control
Alliance: Interesting contractual agreements with suppliers, distributors, customers, competitors, research organizations, joint ventures, government-industry partnerships, consortia If no contract is involved, the term "collaboration" is used (Process)
alliance: An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims. The two parties were still too much apart to form an alliance. = coalition
alliance: a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them"
alliance: The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc
alliance: especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England
alliance: A treaty between nations for their mutual advantage
alliance: To connect by alliance; to ally
alliance: {i} pact, treaty; connection, relationship
alliance: the state of being allied or confederated
alliance: An alliance is a relationship in which two countries, political parties, or organizations work together for some purpose. What will be the effect of the alliance between IBM and Apple? = partnership. In international politics, a union for joint action of various powers or states. Examples include the alliance of the European powers and the U.S. against Germany and its allies during World War II and the alliance of the NATO states against the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War. Many alliances rest on the principle of collective security, through which an attack on one member is considered an attack on all members. Major alliances formed after World War II include the ANZUS Pact, the Arab League, ASEAN, the Organization of American States, the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, and the Warsaw Pact. Alliance for Progress Alliance Israélite Universelle Anglo Japanese Alliance Austro German Alliance Dual Alliance Canadian Alliance Alliance Canadienne Franco Russian Alliance Grand Alliance War of the Holy Alliance Spartan Alliance Quadruple Alliance Triple Alliance War of the Triple Alliance
alliance: The persons or parties allied