See Also: Participation(medicine)
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Participation certificates (PC)(money)
consumer participation(medicine)
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Participation rate(finance)
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participation (iou)



participation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from late Latin participatio(n-), formed as PARTICIPATE: see -ATION.]
The action or fact of having or forming part of. LME.
T. Norton This Sacrament being instituted for the participation of Christ by faith.
The fact or condition of sharing in common; association as partners. LME.
Steele Their satisfations are doubled, their Sorrows lessen'd by Participation.
The action or an act of taking part with others (in an action or matter), spec. the active involvement of members of a community or organization in decisions which affect them. M17.
A. Toffler Goals set without the participation of those affected will be increasingly hard to execute. E. Young-Bruehl Her father's illness..dictated his withdrawal from active participation in meetings and conferences.
Comb.: participation mystique Anthropology imaginative identification with people and objects outside oneself, regarded as an attribute of primitive peoples; participation sport: regarded as affording entertainment primarily to participants rather than spectators (cf. SPECTATOR sport).
participational adjective involving or requiring participation M20.