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primary group

a small group, such as the family, friends or colleagues at work. COOLEY (1909) classified groups into primary or secondary groups. The former have their own norms of conduct and involve much face-to-face interaction, whilst the latter are large and rarely involve direct interaction with all the members (e.g. a trade union or a political party).
Collins Dictionary of Sociology, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2000
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Compared to the same period last year, underwriting results were down at Berkshire's commercial property/casualty unit Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group (a $167 million gain compared to $234 million) and at its GEICO personal auto unit (a $393 million profit versus $673 million in 2018).
The firm was suspended by authorities from the primary group of dealers that take part in certain Japanese government-bond auctions.
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Both GEICO and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group reported underwriting profits for 2018, helping to turn around $2.5 billion in pretax underwriting losses for all the P/C operation in 2017 to $2.1 billion in underwriting profit for 2018.
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Though men of all ages are helping to drive the men's fragrance category, American men between 18 and 34 are the primary group responsible for this segment's growth.
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We observed that there was not any significant increase in the size of the varices in 27 patients in the primary group, who were reendoscopied 5 years later.
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