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corporate

corporate

3.7
Relating to a large company or its organization
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɔːr.pə.rɪt/
translation icon : corporativo
  • It's my first day at the new corporate headquarters.
  • corporate governance
  • corporate social responsibility
  • corporate tax

What do you see as so wrong with the corporate tax increase?

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Examples

  • I think it's great to have corporate cultures in both sides.

  • So that that speaks to the corporate social responsibility, right?

  • What do you see as so wrong with the corporate tax increase?

  • Yeah, I, I learned this actually from the corporate world, creating SMART goals.

  • Today, the corporate Kingdom finally comes to an end.

  • Why does the corporate press wield so much power?

  • Career services staff may also want to add information about corporate security to their counseling sessions.

    Academic text (2008)
  • State Farm Insurance's headquarters there hosts one of the largest corporate legal departments in the U.S.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The corporate office is located in a modern skyscraper downtown.

  • She was excited to attend the corporate training session with her colleagues.

Synonyms

corporative
vscorporate
7.5

Relating to a company or a group that acts as one

focuses on belonging to large companies as an organization rather than collective groups

Antonyms

847 3.0

Relating to one person rather than to a group, or showing a person's own style

313 2.7

Relating to a person's body, such as hygiene or care

Idioms

To move up in a company by getting promotions and more responsibility

Compounds

Government gives money to big companies, often as tax breaks

A senior manager who makes important plans and decisions for a company

corporate ladder
  • Informal
7 4.1

A series of job levels in a company that people move up to reach higher positions with more responsibility

corporate law
  • Specialized
5 3.9

Rules about how companies are formed, run, and controlled

corporate bond
  • Specialized
4 3.7

A loan from a company that pays regular interest but gives no ownership

corporate finance
  • Specialized
2 4.1

The decisions and plans a company makes about money and investments

A company that puts money into or buys other companies to gain control

The highest job or status in a company

corporate chaos
  • Literature
6.8

A state of confusion and disorder in a company because of bad management or a crisis

corporate jungle
  • Informal
7.3

A very competitive workplace where people act harshly to get ahead

corporate trust
  • Archaic
6.9

A group of companies that join to control prices and limit competition

9.9

A person, often a company leader, who gets government money they do not deserve

How Corporate

corporate
3.7
local
1.0
independent
360 2.8

Surface Forms

corporate positive

Morphology

corporate = corporation (transparent) = corpor + ate

The relation to 'corporation' is direct for learners: 'corporate' functions as the adjective relating to a corporation or company.

Etymology

Corporate comes from the Latin root corpus 'body'. Think of a company as one 'body' made of many people, so corporate means belonging to that company or organization.