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Institution

The commencement or initiation of anything, such as an action. An establishment, particularly one that is eleemosynary or public by nature.

An institution can be any type of organized corporation or society. It may be private and designed for the profit of the individuals composing it, or public and nonprofit.

institution

(Commencement), noun beginning, inception, initiation, installation, installment, open introduction

institution

(Custom), noun academy, alliance, bylaw, canon, code, custom, established usage, familiar practice, fraternity, institute, law, league, ordinance, organization, permanent rule, place of education, prevalent practice, regulation, union

INSTITUTION, eccl. law. The act by which the ordinary commits the cure of souls to a person presented to a benefice.

INSTITUTION, political law. That which has been established and settled by law for the public good; as, the American institutions guaranty to the citizens all privileges and immunities essential to freedom.

INSTITUTION, practice. The commencement of an action; as, A B has instituted a suit against C D, to recover damages for a trespass.

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This paper empirically investigates the impact of foreign institutional investors on corporate dividend policy in the Korean stock market.

Impact of foreign institutional investors on dividend policy in Korea: a stock market perspective

addition, the institutional investor can then separately evaluate

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They say insurers and other institutional investors will likely follow suit.

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Monroe Capital LLC announces final close of its fund

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