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corporate

[kawr-per-it, -prit]

adjective

  1. of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.

    a corporate executive;

    She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.

  2. forming a corporation.

  3. pertaining to a united group, as of persons.

    the corporate good.

  4. united or combined into one.

  5. corporative.



noun

  1. a bond issued by a corporation.

corporate

/ ˈkɔːpərɪt, -prɪt /

adjective

  1. forming a corporation; incorporated

  2. of or belonging to a corporation or corporations

    corporate finance

  3. of or belonging to a united group; joint

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • corporately adverb
  • corporateness noun
  • anticorporate adjective
  • anticorporately adverb
  • anticorporateness noun
  • intercorporate adjective
  • noncorporate adjective
  • noncorporately adverb
  • ˈǰǰٱ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of corporate1

First recorded in 1350–1400 for verb senses; 1505–15 for adjective senses; Middle English corporaten, from Latin ǰǰٳܲ, past participle of ǰǰ “to incorporate”; incorporate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of corporate1

C15: from Latin ǰǰٳܲ made into a body, from ǰǰ, from corpus body
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Example Sentences

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An In-N-Out corporate representative could not immediately be reached for comment on the lawsuit.

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Disney’s layoffs hit its film and television marketing teams, television publicity, casting and development as well as corporate financial operations.

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It is hoped that shortening the league's name will help it "talk how fans talk" and give it a less corporate, more informal feel.

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And at least nine continue to receive corporate benefits from their private-sector employers, including health insurance, stock vesting plans or retirement savings programs.

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Disclosure: New York Times has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors.

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