affiliate
noun/əˈfɪliət/
/əˈfɪliət/
- a company, an organization, etc. that is connected with or controlled by another, larger one
- an affiliate of the World Bank
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from medieval Latin affiliat- ‘adopted as a son’, from the verb affiliare, from ad- ‘towards’ + filius ‘son’.Definitions on the go
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