The act of allying or uniting.
Marriage.
The persons or parties allied.
The state of being allied.
A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
Conflict over how to divide up the benefits produced by cooperation, as for example in labor-management relations.
Cooperation between commercial competitors for their mutual advantage.