0 an organization consisting of different groups of people working together for business or political reasons:
the Confederation of British Industry
1 a group of countries, organizations, or people who have joined together for economic or political reasons:
2 an organization consisting of different groups of people, countries, or companies working together for business or political reasons:
Never before has a confederation of small businesses so seriously challenged the onslaught of big discounters.
How did this transnational confederation of the learned make its peace with the nationalism that was often the key to its financial support?
Somewhat surprisingly, the confederation agreed that market instruments were acceptable when regulating energy consumption.
By the end of 1991, these realities had become inescapable, thereby dooming the confederation.
These motif groups generally cleaved along political boundaries at the confederation level.
What would be the competences of the confederation and its functioning?
The confederation swiftly reconstituted itself after the fall of the regime and retained its power within the post-war licensing structure.
Various sections of this powerful innkeepers' confederation, especially those of the capital, responded favourably.
The confederation of states which we want demands a certain equality of resources.
