affiliate (
http://definr.com/affiliate)
n 1: a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is
affiliated with another or with an organization
2: a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated
with another organization; "network affiliates"
v 1: join in an affiliation; "They affiliated themselves with the
organization"
2: keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with
strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
[syn:
consort,
associate,
assort]
3: join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"