coalition
Coalition ( Middle Latin coalitio "Bund", actually "growing together") stands for an alliance of convenience:
- Coalition (politics) , government alliance of several parties for the duration of one legislative period
- Military alliance
- especially various military alliances against Napoleon Bonaparte, see coalition wars
- an alliance of interests of employees or employers, see freedom of association
See also:
- Carpal Coalition , Tarsal Coalition , in medicine fusion of bone structures
Wiktionary: Coalition - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
