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Associate

Associate may refer to:

• A business valuation concept.

• A term used by some companies instead of employee.

• A term used to signify an independent (often self employed) person working as if directly employed by the company of which they are an associate. Such a person may be an associate of more than one company.

• The term for the lowest level of attorney in a United States law firm. See Associate (business rank)

• Associate Justice, 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).

• Associate's degree, a two-year educational degree.

• Associate company, an accounting and business valuation concept.

• Associate, a mathematical concept in ring theory.

• Associate member

• Associate, a person who has some dealings with another, possibly a friend. Often used for business partners.

• The Associate, a 1996 film starring Whoopi Goldberg.