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institution definition

in·sti·tu·tion (in′stə to̵̅o̅′s̸hən, -tyo̵̅o̅′-)

noun

  1. an instituting or being instituted; establishment
  2. an established law, custom, practice, system, etc.
    1. an organization, society, or corporation, having a public character, as a school, church, bank, hospital, etc.
    2. the building housing such an organization
  4. a person or thing long established in a place

Etymology: ME institucion < OFr < L institutio

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finance institution definition - finance

institution Synonyms

institution

n.

  1. The act of setting up

    establishment, foundation, organization; see establishing, organization 1.

  2. An organization, corporation, etc.

    company, system, institute, asylum; see business 4, hospital, organization 3, school 1, university.

  3. An established custom, practice, etc.

    convention, tradition, fixture; see custom 2.


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institution Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • slavery: This said, one of the peculiarities of late colonial Brazil was the prevalence of the institution of slavery.

Possessives

  • resolver: Links must be configured between the institution's resolver and each of its providers.

Converse of object

  • subscribe: The full text is accessible to subscribing institutions in PDF format.

Adjective modifier

  • financial: My client is a major financial institution based Skipton.

Noun used with modifier

  • education: Case Studies Eleven teacher education institutions in Europe were selected for detailed study in relation to the Profile.
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institution quotes

The institution of the throne is an anachronistic, feudal institution perfectly adapted to the use of anachronistic feudal-minded groups.

-Acheson, Dean Gooderham

It is the love of the people; it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution, which gives you your army 168 and your navy, and infuses into both that liberal obedience, without which your army would be a base rabble, and your navy nothing but rotten timber.

-Burke, Edmund

She has been beastly to the Bank of England, has demanded that the BBC'set its house in order'and tends to believe the worst of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She cannot see an institution without hitting it with her handbag.

-Critchley, SirJulian Michael Gordon

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