business associate
Professional contact person
A business associate is someone you work with professionally—a colleague, partner, or contact through commercial dealings.
The term implies a working relationship rather than friendship: He's not a friend, just a business associate.
It often appears in legal and regulatory contexts, particularly healthcare privacy law, where it designates entities handling protected information on behalf of covered organizations.
- partnerOne who shares activity
- colleagueProfessional associate
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
- coworkerFellow employee
- allySupportive partner
contact · connection · networking · firm handshake · handshake · power lunch · deal · contract · non-compete clause · venture · stakeholder · investor · client · referral · meeting · boardroom · corner office · merger
- HIPAAHIPAA, PHI, compliance officer, OCR, de-identification
business associateclose friend
Intimate, trusted companion
loved one · confidant · family member · friend · best friend
business associatecompetitor
One striving against others
adversary · opponent · nemesis · antagonist · enemy
business, associate, busily, busyness, businesses, businesslike, businessman, businesswoman, businessmen