associate's
Junior college diploma
Associate's is short for associate's degree, a two-year academic credential typically earned at a community college: She got her associate's in nursing.
The term functions as a noun despite its possessive form, parallel to bachelor's and master's.
He's working on his associate's before transferring to a four-year school.
Sharpened post or share
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- sharePortion given out
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- holdingsProperty one owns
partnership · interest · capital · assets · portfolio · dividends · stock · proprietary
Belonging to work peer
- partner'sBelonging to one's companion
- peer'sBelonging to an equal
- ally'sBelonging to a friend
- comrade'sBelonging to an ally
member's · deputy's · assistant's · fellow's · representative's · camaraderie · cooperation · teamwork
stake
Sharpened post or share
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- sharePortion given out
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
holdings · partnership · interest · capital · assets · portfolio · dividends · stock · proprietary · shareholder
colleague's
Belonging to work peer
comrade's · member's · deputy's · assistant's · fellow's · representative's · camaraderie · cooperation · teamwork · collaboration
- degreeshigh school diploma, bachelor's degree, GED, master's degree, BS
- Academic Credentialsdiploma, degree, bachelor's, master's, PhD
associate'sdoctorate
Highest academic credential awarded
doctoral degree · PhD · master's · terminal degree · graduate degree
- associate's degreeTwo-year postsecondary credential
- associate degreeTwo-year undergraduate qualification
- sales associateRetail store employee
- Associated PressGlobal news-gathering cooperative
- associate professorMid-level university faculty rank
- business associateProfessional collaborator
associate, associates, associated, disassociate, disassociated