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Corporate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORPORATE, a. [L., to be shaped into a body, body.]
1. United in a body, or community, as a number of individuals, who are empowered to transact business as an individual; formed into a body; as a corporate assembly, or society; a corporate town.
2. United; general; collectively one.
They answer in a corporate voice.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or belonging to a corporation; "corporate rates"; "corporate structure"
2: possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term" [syn: bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate]
3: done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good" [syn: corporate, collective]
4: organized and maintained as a legal corporation; "a special agency set up in corporate form"; "an incorporated town" [syn: corporate, incorporated]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare to make into a body, from corpor-, corpus Date: 1512 1. a. formed into an association and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual ; incorporated b. of or relating to a corporation <a plan to reorganize the corporate structure> c. of, relating to, or being the large corporations of a country or region considered as a unit <the latest trend in corporate America> d. having qualities (as commercialism or lack of originality) associated with large corporations or attributed to their influence or control <corporate rock music> <corporate art> 2. of, relating to, or formed into a unified body of individuals <human law arises by the corporate action of a people — G. H. Sabine> 3. corporative 2 • corporately adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 forming a corporation (corporate body; body corporate). 2 forming one body of many individuals. 3 of or belonging to a corporation or group (corporate responsibility). 4 corporative. Derivatives: corporately adv. corporatism n. Etymology: L corporare corporat- form into a body (corpus -oris)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Corporate Cor"po*rate (-r?t), v. t. To incorporate. [Obs.] -- Stow.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Corporate Cor"po*rate, v. i. To become incorporated. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Corporate Cor"po*rate (k?r"p?-r?t), a. [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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Corporate means relating to business corporations or to a particular business corporation. (BUSINESS) ...the UK corporate sector. ...a corporate lawyer... This established a strong corporate image. ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Incorporated.

Moby Thesaurus

affiliate, affiliated, allied, associate, associated, cabalistic, coincident, combined, compact, comprehensive, concurrent, confederate, confederated, conjoint, conjugate, conjunct, conspiratorial, coupled, enleagued, federate, federated, in cahoots, in league, in partnership, in with, inclusive, incorporated, joined, joint, leagued, married, paired, partners with, teamed, wed, wedded