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CORPORATE
bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate
(adjective) possessing or existing in bodily form; âwhat seemed corporal melted as breath into the windâ- Shakespeare; âan incarnate spiritâ; ââcorporateâ is an archaic termâ
corporate, incorporated
(adjective) organized and maintained as a legal corporation; âa special agency set up in corporate formâ; âan incorporated townâ
corporate, collective
(adjective) done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; âa joint identityâ; âthe collective mindâ; âthe corporate goodâ
corporate
(adjective) of or belonging to a corporation; âcorporate ratesâ; âcorporate structureâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
corporate (comparative more corporate, superlative most corporate)
Of or relating to a corporation.
Formed into a corporation; incorporated.
Unified into one body; collective.
Related to corporation that franchises rather than an individual franchise.
Noun
corporate (countable and uncountable, plural corporates)
(finance) A bond issued by a corporation.
A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience.
(business, uncountable) A corporation that franchises, as opposed to than an individual franchise.
Verb
corporate (third-person singular simple present corporates, present participle corporating, simple past and past participle corporated)
(obsolete, transitive) To incorporate.
(obsolete, intransitive) To become incorporated.
Anagrams
• proto-race
Source: Wiktionary
Cor"po*rate (kr"p-rt), a. Etym: [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.
Cor"po*rate (-rt), v. t.
Definition: To incorporate. [Obs.] Stow.
Cor"po*rate, v. i.
Definition: To become incorporated. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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