an organization of people who do the same job or who have the same interests or aims （同一行业、志趣或目的的）协会 the Screen Actors’ Guild 影视演员协会
an association of workers with special skills in the Middle Ages （中世纪的）行会，同业公会 the guild of clockmakers 钟表制造商协会
Word Originlate Old English: probably from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch gilde, of Germanic origin; related to yield.