0 someone who is an accepted member of a group and who therefore has special or secret knowledge or influence: --
According to insiders, the committee is having difficulty making up its mind.
2 someone who is part of a group, or who works for a company or an organization and therefore has special knowledge or influence: --
3 someone who is in a high position in a company, or someone who owns ten or more percent of shares in a company: --
However, as it was the insiders who did the hiring, labor market pressure rarely translated into wage cuts.
Of course literal insiders are not the only ones capable of commentary of this order.
As a result, they delegate more authority to their leadership than do insiders, in order to continue to benefit from a party reputation.
Simple notions of insider and outsider are very firmly nailed.
This was thought to be due to their insider positions within the contexts in which they worked.
Ideally, they can take their findings to a cultural insider and have productive discussions about this controversial topic.
With colonial rule, literate outsiders were appointed chiefs and became insiders.
Dividing labour into insiders and outsiders also has implications for the strategies that conservative governments are likely to follow.
