Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
- minstrelsy
- a troupe of minstrels
- duette
- two performers or singers who perform together
- unconfessed
- people who have not confessed
- charity
- an institution set up to provide help to the needy
- joint-stock company
- a company (usually unincorporated) which has the capital of its members pooled in a common fund; transferable shares represent ownership interest; shareholders are legally liable for all debts of the company
- relay
- a crew of workers who relieve another crew
- board of directors
- a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution
- Continental Army
- the American army during the American Revolution
- queue
- a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
- raider
- a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management
- palace
- the governing group of a kingdom
- nucleus
- a small group of indispensable persons or things
- league
- an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
- mass
- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
- hedgefund
- a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging
- works council
- (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc; also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc
- command
- a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
- Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah
- a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border
- temporalty
- in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
- community chest
- a charity supported by individual subscriptions; defrays the demands on a community for social welfare
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