governance vs union

governance

noun
  • The group of people who make up an administrative body. 

  • The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration. 

  • Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights. 

  • The state of being governed. 

  • The specific system by which a political system is ruled. 

union

noun
  • A trade union; a workers' union. 

  • An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse. 

  • That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league. 

  • A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time. 

  • The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one. 

  • An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body. 

  • A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes. 

  • The act or state of marriage. 

  • The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets. 

  • The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony. 

adj
  • Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union. 

verb
  • To combine sets using the union operation. 

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