autonomous

adj.

1. Not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent: an autonomous judiciary; an autonomous division of a corporate conglomerate.
2. Independent in mind or judgment; self-directed.
3. 1. Independent of the laws of another state or government; self-governing.
   2. Of or relating to a self-governing entity: an autonomous legislature.
   3. Self-governing with respect to local or internal affairs: an autonomous region of a country.
4. Autonomic.

[From Greek autonomos : auto-, auto- + nomos, law.]

autonomously au·ton'o·mous·ly adv.

One of 12 criteria that must be met to account for a Business Combination as a Pooling-Of-Interests. Autonomous means that a combining company must not have been a subsidiary or division of any other corporation within two years prior to the initiation date of the business combination. If a combining company is not autonomous, then the Purchase (Accounting) Method must be used. The initiation date is the date that stockholders are notified in writing of an exchange offer.

adjective

Having political independence: free, independent, self-governing, sovereign. See dependence/independence, free/unfree.

adj

Definition: independent
Antonyms: dependent, subject

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IN BRIEF: Self-governing.

The new country wanted to be autonomous and make its own laws.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - autonom, selvstyrende, uafhængig

Nederlands (Dutch)
autonoom, zelfbestuurd

Français (French)
adj. - autonome

Deutsch (German)
adj. - autonom, unabhängig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αυτόνομος

Italiano (Italian)
autonomo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - autônomo, independente, livre

Русский (Russian)
автономный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - autónomo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - självstyrande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
自治的, 自主的, 自治权的, 独立存在的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 自治的, 自主的, 自治權的, 獨立存在的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 자치의, 자율의, 독립한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 自治の, 自主的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مستقل, استقلالي, تلقائي, متمتع بالحكم الذاتي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פועל באופן עצמאי, בעל שלטון עצמי, אוטונומי‬

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