Corporation Meaning
/ˌkɔː.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.
nounThe municipal governing body of a borough or city.
Sentence Examples
Your name was given to us by Mr. Hayashi of Keiyo Steel Corporation.
International Business Machines Corporation, based in Armonk, New York, is the world's largest computer firm.
The two companies combined in a joint corporation.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The multinational ____ donated funds to build new schools.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Your name was given to us by Mr. Hayashi of Keiyo Steel ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English corporacion, corporation, from Late Latin corporatio (“assumption of a body”), from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to form into a body”); see corporate. By surface analysis, corporate + -ion. (protruding belly): Perhaps a play on the word corpulence.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"With his twin notes, Mr. Musk waded directly into a fractious debate over the right way for corporations to bring workers back to the office during the coronavirus pandemic."
— 2022 June 1, Ryan Mac, “Elon Musk to Workers: Spend 40 Hours in the Office, or Else”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2022:
"[The Rector], looming large in full canonicals, walking, as became a beneficed priest, under the canopy of a shovel-hat, with the dignity of an ample corporation, the embellishment of the squarest and vastest of black coats, and the support of the stoutest of gold-headed canes."
— 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Whitsuntide”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 127–128:
"He was a big chap with a corporation already, and a flat face rather like Dora's, and he had a thin black moustache."
— 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 316:
"The sergeant was a goner. There was only one way to save him, and he threw himself on top, hurling the man to the ground. He lay covering his corporation with as much as his body and limbs would allow."
— 2001, Jamie O’Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, London: Scribner, Part 2, Chapter 20, p. 620:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The multinational ____ donated funds to build new schools.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Your name was given to us by Mr. Hayashi of Keiyo Steel ____.