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10 dictionary results for: corporate
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
cor·po·rate       [kawr-per-it, -prit] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: 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
6.a bond issued by a corporation.
[Origin: 1350–1400 for v. senses; 1505–15 for adj. senses; ME corporaten < L corporātus ptp. of corporāre to incorporate; see corpus]

—Related forms
cor·po·rate·ly, adverb
cor·po·rate·ness, noun
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cor·po·rate       (kôr'pər-ĭt, kôr'prĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Formed into a corporation; incorporated: the corporate companies of industrial America.
  2. Of or relating to a corporation: corporate assets; corporate culture.
  3. United or combined into one body; collective: made a corporate effort to finish the job.
  4. Of or relating to a corporative government or political system.


[Latin corporātus, past participle of corporāre, to make into a body, from corpus, corpor-, body; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots.]

cor'po·rate·ly adv.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
corporate 
1398, "united in one body," from L. corporatus, pp. of corporare "form into a body," from corpus (gen. corporis) "body" (see corporeal). Corporation "incorporated company for doing business" is from 1530; corporatism is from 1890.

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corporate

adjective
1. of or belonging to a corporation; "corporate rates"; "corporate structure" 
2. possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "'corporate' is an archaic term" [syn: bodied] 
3. done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good" 
4. organized and maintained as a legal corporation; "a special agency set up in corporate form"; "an incorporated town" 

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corporate

Of or relating to a bond issued by a corporation as opposed to a bond issued by the U.S. Treasury or a municipality.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott.
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Main Entry: 1cor·po·rate
Pronunciation: 'kor-p&-r&t
Function: adjective
: of or relating to a business corporation

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: 2corporate
Function: noun
: a bond issued by a business corporation

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Corporate

Cor"po*rate\ (k?r"p?-r?t), a. [L. corporatus, p. p. of corporare to shape into a body, fr. corpus body. See Corpse.]

1. Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town.

2. Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body. "Corporate property." --Hallam.

3. United; general; collectively one.

They answer in a joint and corporate voice. --Shak.

Corporate member, an actual or voting member of a corporation, as distinguished from an associate or an honorary member; as, a corporate member of the American Board.

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Corporate

Cor"po*rate\ (-r?t), v. t. To incorporate. [Obs.] -- Stow.

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Corporate

Cor"po*rate\, v. i. To become incorporated. [Obs.]

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