Association may refer to:

• Voluntary association, a group of individuals who voluntarily enter into an agreement to accomplish a purpose
  • 501(c) non-profit organization
  • Professional association
  • Alumni association, an association of former students of a college or university
  • An industry trade group is also known as a trade association
  • Sports association

Associations in various fields of study:

• Association (statistics), comes from two variables that are related
• Association (psychology), something linked in memory or imagination with a thing or person
• Association of Ideas, philosophical und psychological term
• Archaeological association, in archaeology, the relationship between objects found together
• Association (ecology), a set of organisms which appear together and cover areas in a roughly uniform way
• Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures
• Genetic association
• Association (object-oriented programming), in object-oriented programming, a relationship between classes

Names of particular entities or things:

• The Association, a pop band
• HMS Association, a Royal Navy ship which sank in 1707
• L'Association, a French comic book publisher
• Continental Association, often called the "Association", an economic boycott during the American Revolution

See also:

• Business: Food and Related Products: Beverages: Associations (7)

• Bottled Water Cooler Association
  bwca.org.uk
  Represents the bottled water cooler industry in the United Kingdom. Profile and industry data.
• Northeast Bottled Water Association
  nebwa.org
  Represents member bottlers and distributors in the New England states, as well as New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Profile, membership benefits, events and convention details.
• International Bottled Water Association
  bottledwater.org
  A trade association representing the bottled water industry. Based in Alexandria, Virginia. Profile, facts about bottled water, news, convention details and calendar.