| institution | institute, organization; place where people are confined and treated (i.e. prison or mental hospital); custom, convention; law or activity which is accepted in a society; act of instituting isim | en |
| institution | The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge | en |
| institution | Instruction; education | en |
| institution | A custom or practice of a society or community - marriage for example | en |
| institution | An established organisation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, culture or the care of the destitute, poor etc | en |
| institution | The building which houses such an organisation | en |
| institution | The act of instituting | en |
| institution | - A person long established with a certain place or position | en |
| institution | That which instituted or established Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity | en |
| institution | The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school | en |
| institution | An institution is a custom or system that is considered an important or typical feature of a particular society or group, usually because it has existed for a long time. I believe in the institution of marriage | en |
| institution | An institution is a building where certain people are looked after, for example people who are mentally ill or children who have no parents. Larry has been in an institution since he was four | en |
| institution | An established or organized society or corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary institution; a charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsonian Institution | en |
| institution | The institution of a new system is the act of starting it or bringing it in. There was never an official institution of censorship in Albania | en |
| institution | An institution is a large important organization such as a university, church, or bank. The Hong Kong Bank is Hong Kong's largest financial institution | en |
| institution | an organization founded and united for a specific purpose | en |
| institution | That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute | en |
| institution | Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits | en |
| institution | an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "the institution of slavery"; "he had become an institution in the theater" | en |
| institutions | A custom, practice, relationship, or behavioral pattern of importance in the life of a community or society: the institutions of marriage and the family Established organizations or foundations that reflect the culture and beliefs of a people | en |
| institutions | used to track the schools that serve as a source of inquiries, applicants and students | en |
| institutions | Humanly devised constraints that structure human interaction They are made up of formal constraints (rules, laws, constitutions), informal constraints (norms of behaviour, conventions and self-imposed codes of conduct), and their enforcement characteristics (North, 1993, in Berkes and Folke, 1994:4) The set of rules actually used by a set of individuals to organize repetitive activities that produce outcomes affecting those individuals and potentially affecting others (Ostrom, 1992 quoted in Berkes and Folke, 1994:4) | en |
| institutions | Plural of institution | en |
| institutions | The organized structural entities that serve as sites of power | en |
| institutions | Institutional investors include pension funds, unit trusts and insurance companies These are the big players in the stock market as they have a lot of money to invest and as major shareholders they often have a say in company decisions See Financial Services Industry | en |
| institutions | Institutions are residential facilities designed to house and care for individuals with mental disabilities | en |
| institutions | established ways of doing things or providing for needs; for example, the institution of marriage | en |