institutional
//ˌɪn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃə.nəl//
formalForms
- Comparative
- more institutional
- Superlative
- most institutional
- Plural
- institutionals
Definitions
1.Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.
2.Instituted by authority.
3.Elementary; rudimentary.
4.Arising from the practice of an institution.
1.A client that is an organization rather than an individual.
- Institutionals, especially also foreign institutionals have increased their holdings in the Belgian companies, with some effect on governance techniques.
- Few public relations people have learned to communicate effectively with the funds, meet their needs, and maintain a balance between institutionals and individual round lot holders.
- At a later stage one could imagine some institutionals occasionally or even systematically engaging in law suits against companies or their directors to influence the company's conduct.
2.A Chilean senator who is appointed by the president for a term of eight years.
- While the "institutionals" certainly have not voted as a bloc with the Right in all situations, in general terms they have been a reliable ally for this sector.
3.A community where the majority of inhabitants work at an institution (as opposed to industry or trade), or one such inhabitant.
- In any time period, Marketing Centers and Institutionals will have a higher per capita index of airline passengers than either Industrial or Balanced communities.
- The "marketing" centers consisted of the metropolitan districts that were above average in wholesale sales but low in industrial employment. The "institutionals" were low in both trade and industrial employment.
4.An institutionalized person.
- We have no groups that do not include ex-institutionals.
- And I hope you can work it out where 'institutionals' can have rights too.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3768
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From institution + -al.