What a company calls their cheap-labored employees to make them feel like they are important when in fact they don't mean sh*t to them because they have no power at all.
I can't believe that the largest company in the world still calls their $7 slaves "associates"... like they have something to do with the company's management...
Someone who works for a crime family, but is not considered an actual family member. Usually an associate is of a different ethnicity, and a crime family will only let in people of one particular background.
A person who seeks the importance of a title and being a part of the managment team but has no responsability or applicable qualification. Often others are reluctant to be associated with this person. Otherwise known as a CEO buttplug
Basically a friend with benefits or a sugar daddy who don't mind helping with money in exchange for sex. Sometimes can also mean drug dealer or pimp. Associate is usually a financially powerful person or very influential individual with enough resources to help someone else as well. Associate is someone whom you can ask help from at anytime when you are in trouble knowing that what you get from collaborating together will be quietly balanced later.
- Is that your boyfriend who brought you a new phone ?
- Nah... my associate did.
- Oh so you in business aren't you ?
- I have some good associates...