0 a group of organizations, countries, regions, etc. that have joined together to form a larger organization or government -- 同盟，聯盟；聯邦
The trade federation promotes cooperation between local businesses.
The chairmen are proposing that a federation of the two leagues should take place.
The organization was formed in 1982 by the federation of three separate firms.
Opponents argue that European federation shifts power away from nation states.
A federation of charities have launched a new campaign against heart disease.
The principal focus of this literature is the application of the balanced budget rule to sub-national levels of government, in particular regions within (fiscal) federations.
Corporatist government involves co-operation between encompassing labour and business federations, previously locked in a zero-sum distributional game.
In an important sense, as ties to shared voluntary federations have diminished, civic localism has increased.
