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Academics

* Associate degree, a two-year educational degree in the United States, and some areas of Canada * Associate professor, an academic rank at a college or university * Technical associate or Senmonshi, a Japanese educational degree * Associate of the Royal College of Science, an honorary degree-equivalent award presented by Imperial College London *
Teaching associate A teaching fellow (sometimes referred to as a TF) is an individual at a higher education institution, including universities, whose role involves teaching and potentially pedagogic research. The work done by teaching fellows can vary enormously fr ...
, an academic teaching position usually requiring a graduate degree *
Research associate Research associates are researchers (scholars and professionals) that usually have an advanced degree beyond a Master's degree. In some universities/research institutes, such as Harvard/Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Public Health, th ...
, an academic research position usually requiring a graduate degree


Business

* Employee *
Business partner A business partner is a commercial entity with which another commercial entity has some form of alliance. This relationship may be a contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, an ...
* Associate, an independent (often
self-employed Self-employment is the state of working for oneself rather than an employer. Tax authorities will generally view a person as self-employed if the person chooses to be recognised as such or if the person is generating income for which a tax return n ...
) person working as if directly employed by a company *
Associate company An associate company (or associate) in accounting and business valuation is a company in which another company owns a significant portion of voting shares, usually 20–50%. In this case, an owner does not consolidate the associate's financial sta ...
, an accounting and business valuation concept * Coworker, a partner or colleague in business or at work.


Health care

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Clinical research associate A clinical research associate (CRA), also called a clinical monitor or trial monitor, is a health-care professional who performs many activities related to medical research, particularly clinical trials. Clinical research associates work in vario ...
(CRA), a clinical trial monitor which oversees the conduct of clinical trials in study sites and helps protecting study subjects rights and safety * Clinical Associate (Psychology), a specialist regulated mental health professional in Scotland * Clinical associates, a category of healthcare providers in South Africa


Law

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Associate attorney An associate attorney is a lawyer and an employee of a law firm who does not hold an ownership interest as a partner. Types Practicing attorney An associate may be a junior or senior attorney, but normally does not hold an ownership interest in ...
, an employee lawyer in a traditional United States law firm *
Associate justice Associate justice or associate judge (or simply associate) is a judicial panel member who is not the chief justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the Supreme Court of the United States and some sta ...
, a member of a judicial panel who is not the chief justice * Judge's associate, an assistant to a judge in an Australian court (akin to a judge's clerk in an American court)


Entertainment

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The Associates (band) The Associates (or simply Associates) were a Scottish post-punk and pop band, formed in Dundee in 1979 by singer Billy Mackenzie and guitarist Alan Rankine. The group first gained recognition after releasing an unauthorized cover of David Bowi ...
, a Scottish post-punk and New Wave band of the early 1980s * ''The Associate'' (1946 film), a Mexican drama film * ''The Associate'' (1979 film), a comedy film directed by René Gainville * ''The Associate'' (1996 film), a film starring Whoopi Goldberg ** ''The Associate'' (soundtrack), a 1996 original soundtrack album * ''The Associate'' (novel), a 2009 novel by John Grisham * ''The Associates'' (U.S. TV series), an American sitcom in 1979 and 1980 * ''The Associates'' (Canadian TV series), a Canadian drama TV series in 2001 and 2002


Other uses

* Associate, to form an
Association Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...
or connection between two or more concepts in the mind or imagination *
Associate (ring theory) In mathematics, specifically abstract algebra, an integral domain is a nonzero commutative ring in which the product of any two nonzero elements is nonzero. Integral domains are generalizations of the ring of integers and provide a natural s ...
, a mathematical concept * Associate, a person who is in league with the Mafia but is not a
made man In the American and Sicilian Mafia, a made man is a fully initiated member of the Mafia. To become "made", an associate first must be Italian or of Italian descent and sponsored by another made man. An inductee will be required to take the oa ...
(full member)


See also

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Association (disambiguation) Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...
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