First Known Use: 1512
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corporate
adjective cor·po·rate \ˈkȯr-p(ə-)rət\
: involving or associated with a corporation
: consisting of or including large corporations
: produced by or associated with large corporations
Full Definition of CORPORATE
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>
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Origin of CORPORATE
Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare to make into a body, from corpor-, corpus
Related to CORPORATE
- Synonyms
- commercial, marketable, mass-market, salable (or saleable)
- Antonyms
- noncommercial, nonsalable, uncommercial, unmarketable, unsalable
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