organization

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Franklin Raines of Fannie Mae could not have gotten away with overstating his balance sheet repeatedly to gain the $90 million he earned over 6 years (as the organization was actually failing) without both his board and the Congressional oversight committee assigned to watch his actions approving of it.

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  1. noun The act or process of organizing.
  2. noun The state or manner of being organized: a high degree of organization.
  3. noun Something that has been organized or made into an ordered whole.
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  • And important to note that almost all of the weight, all of the people in this organization are at the bottom. —  Steven Levitt analyzes crack economics
  • And all donations, no matter what size, are tax deductible as the organization is a non-profit —  Waynesville Daily Guide Homepage RSS
  • Continuous improvement in any part of the organization is the only true advantage that you have as a company. —  Feed of Eventbrite Events
  • Through its more than 375,000 members in 160 countries, the organization is a leading authority on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics.
  • Woo said the organization is always looking for more volunteers and she would like to see Guam's younger generation become active. —  guampdn.com - Local News
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  1. = French organisation = Spanish organizacion = Portuguese organisação = Italian organizzazione; as organize + -ation.
 

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