corporation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌkɔː.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌkɔɹ.pɚˈeɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌkɔɹ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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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.
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: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:
- The municipal governing body of a borough or city.
- (historical) In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.
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(dated, humorous, slang) A protruding belly.
'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.'
1918, Katherine Mansfield, ‘Prelude’, Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, page 91He 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:[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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| corporations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
eleemosynary corporation · corporation sole · Delaware corporation · corporational · corporation pop · corporation lawyer · agricorporation · sole corporation · corporation bus · subcorporation · Crown corporation · crown corporation · noncorporation · intercorporation · decorporation · bancorporation · corporation aggregate · de facto corporation · supercorporation · corporationwide · benefit corporation · anticorporation · B corporation · megacorporation · C corporation · corporation tax · quasi corporation · corporation law · municipal corporation · shell corporation · S corporation · owners corporation · cybercorporation
Hyponyms
government-owned and controlled corporation (body corporate) · public limited company (body corporate)
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (72)
it consiglio comunale (governing body of the City of London) · fi corporation (governing body of the City of London) · be карпара́цыя (body corporate with legal personality) · eo akcia societo (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · pt corporação (Italian association) · ro societate pe acțiuni (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · de Korporation (body corporate with legal personality) · mk акционе́рско друштво (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · es corporación (body corporate with legal personality) · pt corporação (body corporate with legal personality) · uk корпора́ція (body corporate with legal personality) · ka კორპორაცია (body corporate with legal personality) · eo akcia kompanio (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · ja 株式会社 (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · es sociedad anónima (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · ru акционе́рное о́бщество (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · lv akciju sabiedrība (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · ca corporació (body corporate with legal personality) · bg акционе́рно дру́жество (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · hy կորպորացիա (body corporate with legal personality) · fr société anonyme (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · ru корпора́ция (body corporate with legal personality) · it azienda (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · nl corporatie (body corporate with legal personality) · it ente (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · cs korporace (body corporate with legal personality) · be акцыяне́рнае тавары́ства (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · kw korforeth (body corporate with legal personality) · da aktieselskab (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · cmn 協會 /协会 (Italian association) · mr महामंडळ (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · el ανώνυμη εταιρία (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · ms berhad (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · he חֶבְרָה (body corporate with legal personality) · gl corporación (body corporate with legal personality) · pl korporacja (body corporate with legal personality) · sv aktiebolag (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · it corporazione (Italian association) · tl korporasyon (body corporate with legal personality) · ota لونجه (body corporate with legal personality) · it corporazione (body corporate with legal personality) · mi rangatōpū (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · fi julkinen osakeyhtiö (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · lt akcinė bendrovė (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · pl spółka akcyjna (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · hy ընկերություն (body corporate with legal personality) · ko 주식회사 (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · ka სააქციო საზოგადოება (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · hu részvénytársaság (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · he תַּאֲגִיד (body corporate with legal personality) · it società anonima (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · cmn 股份有限公司 (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · cy corfforaeth (body corporate with legal personality) · mi kaporeihana (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · de Aktiengesellschaft (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · oj wiiji-bimaadiziimagad (body corporate with legal personality) · sv korporation (body corporate with legal personality) · cs akciová společnost (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · pt sociedade anónima (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · de Körperschaft (body corporate with legal personality) · ast corporación (body corporate with legal personality) · it ente (body corporate with legal personality) · lv korporācija (body corporate with legal personality) · it società (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · nl naamloze vennootschap (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · eo korporacio (body corporate with legal personality) · cmn 市政廳 /市政厅 (governing body of the City of London) · it società per azioni (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · fi korporaatio (Italian association) · fi korporaatio (body corporate with legal personality) · id perseroan terbatas terbuka (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company) · tr anonim şirket (company owned by shareholders — see also joint-stock company, public limited company)