trade association

American  

noun

1. an association of people or companies in a particular business or trade, organized to promote their common interests.

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trade association British  

noun

1. an association of organizations in the same trade formed to further their collective interests, esp in negotiating with governments, trade unions, etc

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Etymology

Origin of trade association

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

For three decades, Minerva Analytics has championed a simple principle: Stewardship should always reflect the investor’s voice—not ours, not a trade association’s and certainly not a politician’s.

From The Wall Street Journal

The National Retail Federation, a trade association that tracks consumer spending trends, forecasts retail sales in November and December to grow between 3.7% and 4.2% year-over-year.

From Barron's

The trade association is projecting 186.9 million people will shop in these deal-heavy days, up from 183.4 million potential shoppers last year.

From MarketWatch

“This is consistent with our view that the Canadian economy is no longer deteriorating, but that the path forward will remain volatile,” Charles St-Arnaud, chief economist at credit union trade association Alberta Central.

From The Wall Street Journal

Roughly a dozen inverter suppliers—not all Chinese—have remote access to enough solar panels in Europe for a compromise of their systems to have a “significant impact on the stability of the grid,” according to estimates by risk-management company DNV for trade association SolarPower Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal