Membership

Definition: Membership

Membership

Noun

1. The body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed".

2. The state of being a member.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "membership" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references)

Insurance

Social Sciences

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Membership

Crosswords: Membership

Tore up his membership. (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

I'm gonna propose you for membership. Congratulations (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramón De España)

Hey, I applied for a membership in this group (Scream 2; writing credit: Kevin Williamson)

Forget about that lifetime membership buster (Quacker Tracker; writing credit: Tom Dagenais; Don Jurwich)

Money in the bank membership Visa sweaters (Put Ya Hands Up; performing artist: KISS)

But if you don't, here's your membership (O.P.P.; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Motor Organization Membership Vehicle Services (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Committed to Christ and His Church: Preaching on Discipleship and Membership (Biblical Preaching Library) (reference)

• Free Trade Area Membership As a Stepping Stone to Development: The Case of Asean (World Bank Discussion Papers, 421.) (reference)

• I, in the Membership of My Days: Poems. (reference)

• If It Could Happen Here: Turning the Small Membership Church Around (reference)

• Membership and National Encampment Badges of the Grand Army of the Republic 1866-1949 (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Family Literacy Interest Group Of Ontario Membership (reference)

• Sunsoft Developers Products Special Interest Group Membership (reference)

• Council On Diagnosis & Internal Disorders Membership (reference)

• Internal Foundation For Action Learning Membership (reference)

• Incomindios Membership - Internationales Komitee Fuer Die Indianer Amerikas (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• The R&B of Membership (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• GOLD-1 TSWSU GOLD MEMBERSHIP (reference)

• PI-010 GOLD MEMBERSHIP (reference)

• PIP-050 GOLD MEMBERSHIP (reference)

• Membership Plus Deluxe (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

AA Membership Survey. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Turk leaving Lausanne Conference with Constantinople and membership in the League of Nations. Credit: Library of Congress.

Nathaniel Lloyd, Chairman ... Division of New York City Youth Membership Campaign, October 3 to November 14, 1952, posed next to organizational chart / by James C. Campbell, N.Y.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

Johnny Weissmuller, center, renewing his membership in the Red Cross Life Saving Corps for 1926; with him are Miss Marian Levin of the Chicago Chapter and William Bachrach, his coach, of the Illinois Athletic Club. Credit: Library of Congress.

John Dixon's rehabilitation loan of 400 dollars in 1937 helped him buy a horse, cow, feed, seed and membership in a medical cooperative and a jack cooperative. Saint Charles County, Missouri. Credit: Library of Congress.

From Oklahoma farm (April 1938) to strike leader in California. Cotton strike (Nov. 1938). He displays his union membership book. "Vote No on No. 1" refers to proposed anti-picketing law which was later defeated by California electorate. Kern County, Cali. Credit: Library of Congress.

Measuring F Street in the National Capitol during the rush hours of the afternoon with a one foot rule, was the initiation stunt wished on this applicant for membership in a local college fraternity ... Credit: Library of Congress.

President Coolidge receiving membership in the American Automobile Association. Credit: Library of Congress.

Certificate of membership in the Second Regiment, Hudson Brigade, First Division, Hudson County State Militia, showing George Washington(?) on pedestal, Liberty(?) with sword and shield, eagle on cannon, and vignette of Washington leading troops before Ba. Credit: Library of Congress.

A certificate of membership for temperance societies. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The serf, in the period of serfdom, raised himself to membership in the commune, just as the petty bourgeois, under the yoke of feudal absolutism, managed to develop into a bourgeois. (reference)

The original Members of the League of Nations shall be the original Members of this organisation, and hereafter membership of the League of Nations shall carry with it membership of the said organisation. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

CAPCAM’s membership is drawn from a broad range of experts from the conventional and CAM cancer research and practice communities. (references)

Support groups are not appropriate for everyone, and some CFS patients may find that a support group actually adds to their stress rather than relieving it. Most support groups are free, collect voluntary donations, or charge modest membership dues to cover basic expenses (e.g. refreshments at meetings or photocopying costs). (references)

Business

ADI membership includes 84 companies. (references)

Poland has applied for a transitional period for TRIPS membership. (references)

All of China's 56 nationalities are represented in the NPC membership. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bulgaria

There were no reports of any prosecutions for membership in this group. (references)

Liechtenstein

The budget is allocated proportionately according to membership numbers. (references)

Togo

OTM's board and membership include both government and private journalists. (references)

Discrimination

Syria

In practice membership in the Ba'th Party or close familial relations with a prominent party member or powerful government official can be important for economic, social, or educational advancement. (references)

Ireland

The amended Employment Equality Act outlaws discrimination in relation to employment on the basis of nine distinct discriminatory grounds: Gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religious belief, age, disability, race, and membership in the Traveller community. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

Trade union membership is on the decline. (references)

Human Rights

Turkey

The HRA has branches nationwide and claims a membership of approximately 20,000 persons. (references)

Ireland

The word of a police superintendent can be used as corroborative evidence of membership. (references)

India

Yadav was dismissed from his state government post and from his political party membership. (references)

Minorities

Japan

In June the Tokyo District Court rejected a suit filed by a Korean resident seeking compensation from a Chiba golf club operator for denying him membership because he is a foreigner. (references)

Pakistan

In Punjab in particular, a deadly pattern of Sunni-Shi'a violence in which extremists killed persons because of their membership in rival sectarian organizations, or simply for their religious identification, continued. (references)

Mauritius

While there is concern among Hindu organizations that evangelical churches are converting Hindus to Christianity, the 1990 and 2000 censuses show that the proportions of membership in the various faiths have remained the same during the last 10 years: 50 percent Hindu, 32 percent Christian, 16 percent Muslim, and 2 percent other faiths. (references)

Political Economy

Finland

EU membership for the Baltic States is a Finnish priority. (references)

PARAGUAY

Paraguay's membership in Mercosur offers some opportunities. (references)

UNITED KINGDOM

Employers are barred from discriminating based on union membership. (references)

Political Rights

Belize

The country's ethnic diversity is reflected in each party's membership. (references)

China

All of the country's 56 nationalities are represented in the NPC membership. (references)

Iraq

The KDP reportedly requires membership lists from ethnic minority political parties. (references)

Trade

Italy

Other countries have applied for membership. (references)

Haiti

Haiti's parliament must vote to ratify this membership. (references)

Qatar

Some may be activated in light of Qatar's WTO membership. (references)

Travel

Sri Lanka

The AmCham published a comprehensive membership directory in 1998, which is available to non-members for purchase. (references)

Chile

The Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce has a large membership of U.S., Chilean and international firms and effectively represents the interests of the corporate community in Chile. (references)

Trinidad

Business and investment advice is available from the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain or the American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago (AmCham - with a membership approaching 300 businesses). (references)

Women

Sri Lanka

The application of different legal practices based on membership in a religious or ethnic group often results in discrimination against women. (references)

Worker Rights

Netherlands

The white-collar unions' membership is the fastest growing. (references)

Romania

At least one labor confederation has stated that it is unlikely to renew membership in the Pact. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "membership": cancel the membership of ♦ membership card ♦ membership drive ♦ membership dues ♦ membership fee ♦ membership function ♦ membership list ♦ renew membership. Additional references.

Beginning with "membership": membership-driven, membership-owned.

Ending with "membership": non-membership.

Afrikaans

lidmaatskap. (various references)

Albanian

sasi anëtarëve, anëtarësi (fellowship). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مجموع الأعضاء (organism), ‏تمتع بحقوق العضوية, ‏عضوية. (various references)

Bulgarian 

членство (seat), членски, членове, брой на членове. (various references)

Chinese 

會友 , 会员资格. (various references)

Czech

èlenství. (various references)

Danish

medlemskab (affiliation), tilhørsforhold (affiliation). (various references)

Dutch

lidmaatschap (affiliation). (various references)

Esperanto

membreco. (various references)

Farsi 

عضویت . (various references)

Finnish

jäsenyys (affiliation). (various references)

French

appartenance. (various references)

German

Mitgliedschaft (adherence), Zugehörigkeit (affiliation, inclusion, sense of belonging). (various references)

Greek 

συναδελφότησ, συναδελφότητα (fellowship), ιδιότητα του μέλουσ, ιδιότης του μέλους, μέλη (members), υπαγωγή (affiliation, screening, sieving, sifting). (various references)

Hebrew 

השתיכות (affiliation, attachment, belonging). (various references)

Hungarian

tagság (adherents, disciples, fellowship, following, party, supporters). (various references)

Indonesian

keanggotaan (affiliation). (various references)

Italian

membri (members), qualità di socio, qualifica di membro, condizione di socio, appartenenza (affiliation). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

メル友 (a friend with whom one corresponds by e-mail, a motion, being falling down drunk, maintenance, Mauser, melodious, melodrama, melody, melon, member, member name, members, member's card, Memphis, Mendel, mendelevium, menses, mensheviki, menswear, mental, mental health, mental test, mentalistic, mentality, menthol, meringue, mince, mince cutlet, mortgage, soap opera). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

メンバーシップ , メンバシップ . (various references)

Korean 

회원. (various references)

Pig Latin

embershipmay.(various references)

Portuguese

sociedade (association, body, cahoot, club, community, corporation, fellowship, hookup, organization, partnership, society), qualidade de membros, qualidade de associado, filiação (filiation), conjunto dos membros. (various references)

Romanian

numãr de membru, comunitate (commune, community, congregation, intercommunity, throng), calitate de membru, apartenenţã (allegiance, appurtenance, nexus). (various references)

Russian 

членство (retention, tenancy). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

članstvo. (various references)

Spanish

afiliación (affiliation, joining). (various references)

Swedish

medlemskap (affiliation). (various references)

Thai

การเป็นสมาชิก. (various references)

Turkish

azalik, üyelik (affiliation, franchise), üyeler. (various references)

Turkmen 

зlenlik. (various references)

Ukrainian

членство, кількість членів. (various references)

Vietnamese 

toàn thể hội viên, tư cách hội viên, địa vị hội viên số hội viên. (various references)

Welsh

aelodaeth. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "membership": memberships. (additional references)

Words ending with "membership": nonmembership. (additional references)

Words containing "membership": nonmemberships. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Membership" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: membershipl. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: bemires, berimes, biremes, empires, emprise, epimers, hemmers, hempier, immerse, imphees, imprese, members, meshier, premies, premise, shimmer, spireme.

-4 letters: bemire, berime, bermes, bireme, embers, emmers, empire, ephebi, epimer, hemmer, hempie, herpes, immesh, imphee, member, mimers, perish, premie, primes, rehems, remise, reship, sempre, shrimp, simmer, simper, sphere, spirem.

-5 letters: beeps, beers, berme, berms, biers, birse.

+1 letter: memberships.

+3 letters: nonmembership.

+4 letters: nonmemberships.

+5 letters: hypermetabolism.