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Nouvelle affaire potentiel illimité Prenez part à ce business mondial.
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af⋅fil⋅i⋅a⋅tion

  [uh-fil-ee-ey-shuhn]
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–noun
the act of affiliating; state of being affiliated or associated.
Origin:
1745–55; < ML affīliātiōn- (s. of affīliātiō adoption); see affiliate, -ion
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affiliation
Nouvelle affaire potentiel illimité Prenez part à ce business mondial.
www.innovation-mondiale.jimdo.com
af·fil·i·ate   (ə-fĭl'ē-āt')   
v.   af·fil·i·at·ed, af·fil·i·at·ing, af·fil·i·ates

v.   tr.

  1. To adopt or accept as a member, subordinate associate, or branch: The HMO affiliated the clinics last year.

  2. To associate (oneself) as a subordinate, subsidiary, employee, or member: affiliated herself with a new law firm.

  3. To assign the origin of.

v.   intr.
To become closely connected or associated: The two unions voted to affiliate.
n.   (-ē-ĭt, -āt')
A person, organization, or establishment associated with another as a subordinate, subsidiary, or member: network affiliates.

[Medieval Latin affīliāre, to adopt : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin fīlius, son; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
af·fil'i·a'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

affiliation 
1751, "adoption," from Fr. affiliation, from M.L. affiliationem (nom. affiliatio), from L. affiliatus, pp. of affiliare "to adopt a son," from L. ad- "to" + filius "son" (see filial). Fig. sense of "adoption by a society, of branches" first recorded 1799 (affiliate in this sense is from 1761).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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