corporation (noun)
1corporation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, giant, huge, large, major ▪ powerful ▪ foreign ▪ global …
2corporation — ► NOUN 1) a large company or group of companies authorized to act as a single entity and recognized as such in law. 2) Brit. a group of people elected to govern a city, town, or borough …
3corporation — cor·po·ra·tion /ˌkȯr pə rā shən/ n [Late Latin corporatio, from Latin corporare to form into a body, from corpor corpus body]: an invisible, intangible, artificial creation of the law existing as a voluntary chartered association of individuals… …
4corporation tax — noun A tax levied on the profits of companies • • • Main Entry: ↑corporate * * * corporation tax UK US noun [uncountable] a tax that companies pay on their profits Thesaurus: types of tax and taxationhyponym * * * ˌcorpoˈration tax …
5corporation sole — noun : a corporation consisting of only one person; especially : ecclesiastical corporation * * * corporation sole noun A corporation which consists of one person and his or her successors • • • Main Entry: ↑corporate …
6corporation aggregate — noun see corporation 3 * * * corporation aggregate noun A corporation consisting of several persons • • • Main Entry: ↑corporate …
7corporation — noun (C) 1 a big company, or a group of companies acting together as a single organization: He works for a large American corporation. | a multinational corporation 2 BrE old use a group of people elected to govern a town or city 3 corporation… …
8corporation life insurance — noun : life insurance purchased by a corporation on the lives of officers, employees, or principal stockholders and of which the corporation is the beneficiary …
9corporation stop — noun see corporation cock * * * a cock controlling the flow of water or gas from mains to individual consumers. Also called corporation cock …
10corporation — mid 15c., persons united in a body for some purpose, from such use in Anglo Latin, from L.L. corporationem (nom. corporatio), noun of action from corporat , pp. stem of L. corporare to embody (see CORPORATE (Cf. corporate)). Meaning legally… …
