Connection

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.

A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.

The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.

a supplier (especially of narcotics)

the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association"

shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"