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housing association

British

noun

social welfare (in Britain) a non-profit-making body whose purpose is to build, convert, or improve houses for letting at fair rents

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When it comes to machinery that spins, a turntable not a washing machine seems a more fitting association with rap artist Dr. Dre.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2022

The effect may be a general perturbation resulting either in an unusual delay of the fitting association or in an effort to cover the sore spot by an unfitting association.

From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo

Liberty is not an end in itself, but its value is to be found in the opportunity it gives for a natural and fitting association of individuals with each other.

From Unitarianism in America by Cooke, George Willis

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