Definitions for Corporation
ˌkɔr pəˈreɪ ʃəncor·po·ra·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. corporation, corpnoun

   a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

2. pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummynoun

   slang for a paunch

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corporationnoun

   A group of individuals, 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.

2. corporationnoun

   In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.

3. corporationnoun

   A protruding belly; a paunch.

4. Etymology: From corporatio, from coporare, past participle corporatus; see corporate.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Corporationnoun

   A corporation is a body politick, authorized by the king’s charter to have a common seal, one head officer or more, and members, able, by their common consent, to grant or receive, in law, any thing within the compass of their charter: even as one man may do by law all things, that by law he is not forbidden; and bindeth the successors, as a single man binds his executor or heir. John Cowell

   Etymology: from corpus, Latin.

   Of angels we are not to consider only what they are, and do, in regard of their own being; but that also which concerneth them, as they are linked into a kind of corporation amongst themselves, and of society or fellowship with men. Richard Hooker, b. i. sect. 4.

   Of this we find some foot-steps in our law,
   Which doth her root from God and nature take;
   Ten thousand men she doth together draw,
   And of them all one corporation make. Davies.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corporation

   A corporation is a legal entity separate from its owners, created under the laws of a state or a country, which has rights and liabilities independent of its shareholders. It can enter into contracts, sue and be sued, own assets, and pay taxes as if it were an individual. Incorporation protects the owners from personal liability for the company's debts and actions. A corporation is managed by a board of directors elected by the entity's shareholders.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Corporationnoun

   a body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual

2. Etymology: [L. corporatio incarnation: cf. F. corporation corporation.]

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Corporation

   A corporation is a separate legal entity that has been incorporated through a legislative or registration process established through legislation. Incorporated entities have legal rights and liabilities that are distinct from their employees and shareholders, and may conduct business as either a profit-seeking business or not for profit business. Early incorporated entities were established by charter. Most jurisdictions now allow the creation of new corporations through registration. In addition to legal personality, registered corporations tend to have limited liability, be owned by shareholders who can transfer their shares to others, and controlled by a board of directors who are normally elected or appointed by the shareholders. In American English the word corporation is widely used to describe large incorporated businesses. In British English and in the commonwealth countries, the term limited company is more widely used to describe the same sort of entity while the word corporation encompasses all incorporated entities. In American English, the word company can include entities such as partnerships that would not be referred to as companies in British English as they are not a separate legal entity.

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1. Corporation

   Corporation vs. Cooperation -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Corporation and Cooperation.

Matched Categories

1. • Firm
   • Paunch

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Corporation' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2890

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Corporation' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4402

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Corporation' in Nouns Frequency: #1019

How to pronounce Corporation?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Corporation in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Corporation in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Corporation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Corporation in a Sentence

1. Bob Braun:

   Twitter is a public forum but the problem here is that you have a large, multinational corporation and a state agency seeking out the bad guys and punishing them.

2. Commission Chairwoman Betty Ann Kane:

   Pepco would become a second-tier company in a much larger corporation whose primary interest is not in distribution, but in generation.

3. Reed Hastings:

   If every major corporation takes 1 % of their cash and deposits it in a Black bank, it will be transformative in that sector, now, it's not going to solve all of our problems, but it will make a real difference and it's fairly easy for companies.

4. Rainbow Alliance co-president Renata Francesco:

   We’re not going to partner with an institution, a corporation that has so strongly supported other institutions that work to destabilize and demolish movements for queer equity.

5. Ron DeSantis:

   We’re not going to have a corporation controlling its own government; that’s going to be reverted to the state, disney will not have governing self-governing status anymore. We’re going to make sure that there are no special legal privileges … and then making sure they’re paying their fair share of taxes and paying the debt.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Corporation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Corporation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Corporation
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Corporation
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Corporation