affiliate


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"