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.
• Associate attorney, lowest level employee lawyer in a traditional United States law firm
• 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 (ring theory), a mathematical concept.
• 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.
• The Associate, a 2009 novel by John Grisham.
• A person who is in league with the Mafia but is not treated as a full member, e.g. a corrupt official.

[edit] See also

• Association

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