Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To adopt or accept as a member, subordinate associate, or branch.
- intransitive verb To associate (oneself) as a subordinate, subsidiary, employee, or member.
- intransitive verb To assign the origin of.
- intransitive verb To become closely connected or associated.
- noun A person, organization, or establishment associated with another as a subordinate, subsidiary, or member.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Occupying the position of or recognized as an adopted son; affiliated.
- noun An affiliated person or institution, etc.
- To adopt; receive into a family as a son or daughter; hence, to bring into intimate association or close connection.
- In law, to fix the paternity of, as a bastard child: with upon: as, the mother affiliated her child upon John Doe.
- To connect in the way of descent or derivation: with upon.
- To associate; receive or establish on terms of fellowship.
- To associate; consort; be intimately united in action or interest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by
with . - transitive verb To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
- transitive verb To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child.
- transitive verb To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
- transitive verb To attach (
to ) or unite (with ); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed byto orwith . - transitive verb societies connected with a central society, or with each other.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone or something that is affiliated, or associated; a member of a group of associated things.
- verb transitive To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
- verb transitive To fix the paternity of; — said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.
- verb transitive To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
- verb intransitive To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; — followed by to or with.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
- verb keep company with; hang out with
- verb join in an affiliation
- noun a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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It comes as no surprise that these "spammers," primarily affiliate marketing sites (the report makes no mention of the term affiliate marketing, by the way), create free-hosted sites and load them up with Google AdSense ads which provide them with revenue each time a user clicks them.
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It comes as no surprise that these "spammers," primarily affiliate marketing sites (the report makes no mention of the term affiliate marketing, by the way), create free-hosted sites and load them up with Google AdSense ads which provide them with revenue each time a user clicks them.
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It comes as no surprise that these "spammers," primarily affiliate marketing sites (the report makes no mention of the term affiliate marketing, by the way), create free-hosted sites and load them up with Google AdSense ads which provide them with revenue each time a user clicks them.
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Just what are the things needed to be able to succeed in affiliate marketing?
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There is a lot of competition involved in affiliate marketing, and to be able to rise above the norm, one must be equipped with just the right stuff necessary to propel him forward.
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This program holds four tiers of community membership, of which affiliate is third.
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The very first quality one must possess if he wants to try his hand in affiliate marketing is the willingness to learn and be trained.
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So, this affiliate is going after the FauxSnooze viewer demographic?
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A spokesman for PWC said its affiliate is a separate entity and has sole responsibility for its audits.
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