membership

membership: membership mem‧ber‧ship [ˈmembəʆɪp ǁ -ər-] noun [uncountable]

1. the fact of being a member of a club or an organization:

• Both countries are now applying for membership of the European Union.

2. the number of people who belong to a club or an organization:

• Trade Union membership has declined by 5% over the last five years.

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membership UK US /ˈmembəʃɪp/ noun

► [C or U] the state of belonging to a group or organization: membership in sth »He holds membership in a number of regional and national organizations.
membership of sth »She has promised to use her influence and membership of a high-level advisory group to lobby for change.
apply/qualify for membership »Employees need to have worked here for more than two years in order to qualify for membership of the scheme.
the cost/benefit of membership »One of the benefits of membership is access to free legal advice.
»board/union membership
»EU/WTO/NATO membership
»full/free membership

► [C or U] the number of people who belong to a group or organization: »The EU's membership has almost doubled since 2004.
have a membership of sth »We currently have a membership of more than 11,000 professionals, professors, and students.
declining/falling membership »Pooling resources will help us cope more easily with declining membership and revenues.
»membership numbers/a membership base
membership declines/falls/goes down »Membership in investment clubs has declined just like the stock market.
membership increases/rises/climbs »Party membership has risen, by 3,000, for the first time in 20 years.
a decline/increase in membership »We get a significant increase in membership each year, mostly because people read about us on the Internet.
expand/boost/restrict membership »The appointment was made in the hope of strengthening finances and boosting membership.

► [S] members of a group or organization considered as a group: »The firm has failed to recognize and appreciate what our membership has contributed during the past four years.
»Since the online group was formed just over a year ago, the membership has pretty much doubled every month.

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Synonyms:

Being a member / Society, association, members, body of members, community

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membership — • Her acceptance of this role has…given enormous pleasure to the membership B. Grant, 1990. The use of membership to mean ‘members collectively’ (e.g. of a trade union) was noted by Gowers (1965) as ‘now rife and corrupting other words’. Its use… … Modern English usage
Membership — Mem ber*ship, n. 1. The state of being a member. [1913 Webster] 2. The collective body of members, as of a society. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
membership — index affiliation (connectedness), constituency, roll Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
membership — (n.) 1640s, state of being a member, from MEMBER (Cf. member) + SHIP (Cf. ship). Meaning number of members is from 1850 … Etymology dictionary
membership — [n] belonging to organization; those belonging to a group associates, association, body, club, company, enrollment, fellows, group, members, participation, society; concepts 381,417 … New thesaurus
membership — [mem′bərship΄] n. 1. the state of being, or status as, a member: with in or, in Brit. usage, of 2. members collectively, as of an organization 3. the number of members … English World dictionary
membership — mem|ber|ship W2S2 [ˈmembəʃıp US ər ] n 1.) [U] when someone is a member of a club, group, or organization membership of ▪ Greece first applied for membership of the EU in 1975. membership in AmE ▪ I forgot to renew my membership in the sailing… … Dictionary of contemporary English
membership — n. 1) to apply for membership 2) to grant membership 3) to drop, resign one s membership 4) closed; open membership 5) (an) agency, institutional; associate; full; honorary; individual; life membership 6) membership in (AE), of (BE) (membership… … Combinatory dictionary
membership — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ associate, corporate, full, group, honorary ▪ annual, lifetime, trial ▪ one week trial memberships … Collocations dictionary
membership — [[t]me̱mbə(r)ʃɪp[/t]] ♦♦♦ memberships 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Membership of an organization is the state of being a member of it. ...his membership of the Communist Party... He sent me a membership form... Membership in her church youth group… … English dictionary

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