(politics) A society whose members have both rights from it, and duties or responsibilities to it; a concept within the New Labour movement.

Any organisation which manages or administers copyright or rights related to copyright as its sole purpose or as one of its main purposes

A group of islands in the South Pacific; part of French Polynesia.

Any of various early types of life insurance or mutual support associations.

A mutual organization.

(uncountable) A British socio-economic class of landowners, socially just below the aristocracy or peerage, who could live entirely from rental income.

Especially from the late-19th century through the mid-20th century in Europe and America, a culture characterized by continual socializing in bistros, coffee shops, and nightclubs, sometimes extravagantly frivolous and sometimes intensely intellectual in nature but always high-spirited.

(Britain, Australia, banking) A type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to buy houses, from other members pooled savings and/or money borrowed wholesale.

The elite or upper crust of society. / That portion of society that is especially concerned with etiquette, proper behavior, and politeness.

An organization that exists to promote an academic discipline or group of disciplines.