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    An institution is a humanly devised structure of rules and norms that shape and constrain social behavior. All definitions of institutions generally entail...
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    The Smithsonian Institution (/smɪθˈsoʊniən/ smith-SOH-nee-ən), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest...
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    The Hoover Institution (officially The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace) is an American public policy think tank which promotes personal...
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    A financial institution, sometimes called a banking institution, is a business entity that provides service as an intermediary for different types of...
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    The Brookings Institution, often stylized as Brookings, is an American think tank that conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily...
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  • An educational institution is a place where people of different ages gain an education, including preschools, childcare, primary-elementary schools, secondary-high...
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  • A cultural institution or cultural organization is an organization within a culture or subculture that works for the preservation or promotion of culture...
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    The Royal Institution of Great Britain (often the Royal Institution, abbreviated Ri or RI) is an organisation for scientific education and research, based...
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  • A thrift institution is a financial institution that obtains the majority of its funds from the savings of the public. The term can include several cooperative...
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  • Colloquially, a depository institution is a financial institution in the United States (such as a savings bank, commercial bank, savings and loan associations...
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  • Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore. Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary...
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    The Chautauqua Institution (/ʃəˈtɔːkwə/ shə-TAW-kwə) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit education center and summer resort for adults and youth located on 2,070...
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  • Institutiones may refer to several works: Institutes of Gaius, legal textbook, written about 161 AD Institutes of Justinian, Latin: Institutiones Justiniani...
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    An academic institution is an educational institution dedicated to education and research, which grants academic degrees. See also academy and university...
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  • A total institution or residential institution is a facility of work and residence where a great number of similarly situated people, cut off from the...
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    Institutional economics focuses on understanding the role of the evolutionary process and the role of institutions in shaping economic behavior. Its original...
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  • Swedish: Folkpensionsanstalten (Fpa), English: The Social Insurance Institution (SII), is a Finnish government agency in charge of settling benefits...
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    The institutions of the European Union are the seven principal decision-making bodies of the European Union and Euratom governed under the Treaties of...
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  • A public institution is a juristic person in the United States which is backed through public funds and controlled by the state. Typically a public institution...
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  • The Victoria Institution is the oldest secondary school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is a memorial school, so-called because it was partly funded by...
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  • The Edmonton Institution (French: Établissement d'Edmonton) is a maximum security federal institution located in the northeastern part of Edmonton, Alberta...
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  • Millhaven Institution (French: Établissement de Millhaven) is a maximum security prison located in Bath, Ontario. Approximately 500 inmates are incarcerated...
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    Taylorian The Taylor Institution (commonly known as the Taylorian) is the Oxford University library dedicated to the study of the languages of Europe...
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    The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and information technology...
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    The Institution of Structural Engineers is a British professional body for structural engineers. In 2021, it had 29,900 members operating in 112 countries...
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    Development financial institution (DFI), also known as a Development bank, is a financial institution that provides risk capital for economic development...
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  • constitutional institution, constitutional body or constitutional organ is a government institution created by a constitution. As these institutions derives...
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    The Words of Institution, also called the Words of Consecration, are words echoing those of Jesus himself at his Last Supper that, when consecrating bread...
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    Bank (redirect from Credit institution)
    A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities...
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  • His Majesty's Young Offenders Institution (Her Majesty's Youth Offenders Institution if the reigning monarch is female) (or HM YOI) are youth detention...
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