CORPORATE

bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate

(adjective) possessing or existing in bodily form; “what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind”- Shakespeare; “an incarnate spirit”; “‘corporate’ is an archaic term”

corporate, incorporated

(adjective) organized and maintained as a legal corporation; “a special agency set up in corporate form”; “an incorporated town”

corporate, collective

(adjective) done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; “a joint identity”; “the collective mind”; “the corporate good”

corporate

(adjective) of or belonging to a corporation; “corporate rates”; “corporate structure”

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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