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Definition: Group

Group

Quick Summary of Group

An Economic entity formed by parent and one or more subsidiaries.

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What is the dictionary definition of Group?

Dictionary Definition

A group is a number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.

Also:

  • A collection of individuals who have regular contact and frequent interaction, mutual influence, common feeling of camaraderie, and who work together to achieve a common set of goals.
  • A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
  • group theory A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
  • geometry, archaic An effective divisor on a curve.
  • Mathematics: A subdivision of a set.

Full Definition of Group

In accounting, a group refers to an economic entity formed by a  parent and one or more subsidiaries.

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Definition Sources

Definitions for Group are sourced/syndicated and enhanced from:

  • A Dictionary of Economics (Oxford Quick Reference)
  • Oxford Dictionary Of Accounting
  • Oxford Dictionary Of Business & Management

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