For the invited nations, membership means prestige, as well as the psychological comfort of military security.

Our view is that membership of a club must mean full membership.

In the short term, he said, membership will not mean any difference in his salary of $60 a month.

There could be a home, a place in society, all the wealth of associations that membership in the human society meant.

For China, membership in the trade group would mean a long-sought acceptance into the "club" of world powers.

Cranston's membership in the association could mean that he was handling the case from the inside.

His membership, she added, "means we like you a lot."

But the treaty's rejection has also prompted the beginnings of a national discussion about what membership means to Ireland.

Yet membership of the European Union means becoming heavily involved in each other's internal affairs.

Schengen membership surely means the free movement of people and goods.