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peer group — ➔ group * * * peer group UK US noun [C] ► a group of people who are similar in age, education, position, etc.: »Brands are a way of identifying with a social or economic peer group. ► a group of companies that offer similar products or services:… … Financial and business terms
peer group — peer groups N COUNT Your peer group is the group of people you know who are the same age as you or who have the same social status as you. It is important for a manager to be able to get the support of his peer group. ...peer group pressure … English dictionary
group — group, social group A number of individuals, defined by formal or informal criteria of membership, who share a feeling of unity or are bound together in relatively stable patterns of interaction. The latter criterion is necessary in order to… … Dictionary of sociology
peer group — noun contemporaries of the same status (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑coevals, ↑contemporaries, ↑generation • Member Meronyms: ↑peer, ↑equal, ↑match, ↑compeer … Useful english dictionary
peer — peer1 [pıə US pır] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: per, from Latin par equal ; PAR] 1.) [usually plural] formal your peers are the people who are the same age as you, or who have the same type of job, social class etc ▪ American… … Dictionary of contemporary English
peer — 1 noun (C) 1 someone of the same age, social class etc as you: Children compete to win the approval of their peers. | The jury system gives you the right to be judged by your peers. see also: peer group, peer pressure 2 a member of the British… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
group — [gruːp] noun [countable] 1. also group of companies ORGANIZATIONS a large business organization that consists of several companies that all have the same owner: • Burmah Castrol, the lubricants group • the sale of the Rover Group to BMW … Financial and business terms
Peer Impact — is the name of a pay for download file sharing service created by Wurld Media, Inc. As the name suggests, it utilizes a peer to peer distribution system similar to BitTorrent to speed downloads. To compensate users for their bandwidth, Peer… … Wikipedia
Peer-Group — (Gleichaltrigengruppe): v. a. in der Jugendsoziologie verwendete Bezeichnung für außerfamiliäre Gruppen etwa gleichaltriger Kinder und Jugendlicher. Den Peer Groups kommt eine wichtige Funktion während der Ablösung von der Familie und die… … Universal-Lexikon
Peer pressure — is a term describing the pressure exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change their attitude, behavior and/or morals, to conform to, for example, the group s actions, fashion sense, taste in music and television, or outlook on life … Wikipedia
