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corporation
CEFRB2
/ˌkɔː.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
noun
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noun
A large company that is legally treated as one organization.
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noun
Extra detailIn Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.
Examples
International Business Machines Corporation, based in Armonk, New York, is the world's largest computer firm.
The two companies combined in a joint corporation.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 1
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe municipal governing body of a borough or city.
A 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.
A protruding belly.
More examples
In contextYour name was given to us by Mr. Hayashi of Keiyo Steel Corporation.
'You'd be surprised,' said Stanley, as though this were intensely interesting, 'at the number of chaps at the club who have got a corporation.'
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.
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Origin
noun
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.