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cor⋅po⋅rate

  [kawr-per-it, -prit]
Use corporate in a Sentence
–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

cor⋅po⋅ra⋅tive

  [kawr-puh-rey-tiv, -per-uh-tiv, -pruh-]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a corporation.
2. of or pertaining to a political system under which the principal economic functions, as banking, industry, or labor, are organized as corporate unities.
Also, corporate.

Origin:
1825–35; < LL corporātīvus, equiv. to L corporāt(us) corporate + -īvus -ive
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cor·po·rate   (kôr'pər-ĭt, kôr'prĭt)   
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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

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 by David L. Scott.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: 1cor·po·rate
Pronunciation: 'kor-p&-r&t
Function: adjective
: of or relating to a business corporation

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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