unit
Definitions of unit
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an organization regarded as part of a larger social groupsynonyms: eenheid, zelfstandigheidtypes:compagniea unit of firefighters including their equipmentbrigade, equipe, kernploeg, ploeg, ploegverband, sportploeg, team, teamverbanda cooperative unit (especially in sports)zijspana group of people (often temporary) having a common purposegrootfamiliea family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relativespleeggezina household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency)eersteklassera team that plays in a major leagueafdeling, formatie, krijgsmachtonderdeel, legerafdeling, legereenheid, legerformatie, legeronderdeela military unit that is part of an armyvlooteenheida military unit that is part of a navygrondpersoneelthe crew of technicians and mechanics who service aircraft on the groundechelona body of troops arranged in a lineliga, unie, verbond, werknemersorganisatiea political unit formed from previously independent people or organizationsbeheerraad, board, concilie, gemeenteraad, ministerraad, raad, raadscollege, sanhedrina body serving in an administrative capacitygriffie, kanselarij, secretariaatan administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizationskaderpersoneela small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movementactiecomité, actiegroep, belangengroep, belangenorganisatie, belangenvereniging, factie, lobby, pressiegroepa group of people who try actively to influence legislationburgerwacht, landstorm, militie, reservetroepen, schutterijcivilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular armycommando, stoottroep, stoottroepenan amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territorytype of:
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an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
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a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so usedtypes:schaakspelcheckerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chessdeelnemersveld, veld(computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of informationtrilogiea set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or themebelastinggroep, belastingschijf, inkomensklasse, schijf, tariefgroep, tariefschijfa category of taxpayers based on the amount of their incomeprijsklassea category of merchandise based on their pricekaderpersoneela nucleus of military personnel capable of expansiontype of:
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