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corporate

cor·po·rate [ káwrpərət, káwrprət ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. involving corporation: relating or belonging to a corporation

2. of corporation's employees: designed for, suitable for, or associated with people who work for large corporations
corporate fashions

3. incorporated: legally united to form a body that can act as a unit

4. of group as whole: relating to or involving a group as a whole ( formal )



noun  (plural cor·po·rates)
Definition:
 
business  ( informal )
Same as  corporation (sense 1)


[16th century. < Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare "form a body" < corpus "body"]

cor·po·rate·ly adverb
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