corporate
5
4.1
- noun
- /ˈkɔːr.pə.rɪt/
:
empresa
- "Superior planning on their part." "At any rate, corporate is still hedging when it comes to paying Solar Transport for our supplies."
- high-yield corporates
- AAA-rated corporates
- rated corporates
They're not faceless corporates with ever changing people.
- They're not faceless corporates with ever changing people.
Examples
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The decisions made by corporate often impact all the employees in the company.
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"What are you going to do if corporate finds out?"
Fiction book (2001) -
Every two weeks, corporate runs a batch process to pay for the items received at all the plants.
Academic text (2002) -
I imagine that Corporate has granted you unreserved authority here.
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Oh, uh, corporate is sending a regional director down to do a year-end review in case it... slipped your mind.
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[Hewitt] Corporate has some questions.
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Big European corporates are investing in cleantech startups, funds, and JVs at record levels.
Blog text (26) -
Before launching the new product, corporate conducted extensive market research.
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The employees were anxious to hear from corporate about the restructuring plans.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A business that makes and sells things or offers services for money
∞
1.0
A company or shop and the people who work there
∞
1.9
A company that provides professional services like lawyers or accountants
∞
3.7
A large company or group of companies treated by law as one business
248
3.4
A very large and powerful company or organization
82
6.9
A company that is legally created to do business
58
4.4
A business that sells goods or provides services
24
2.7
A very large company that does business in many countries
8
3.7
A company owned by a small group whose shares are not sold to the public
4
3.4
A business that sells goods or services to make money
1
2.7
A company that sells goods or services to make money
1
4.4
A company worth more than about ten billion dollars
1
3.2
A company that sells goods or provides services, including its people
A company owned by a few people whose shares are not sold on public stock markets
A company that sells shares people buy to own part of it
Antonyms
- Specialized
3
7.0
A business owned and run by one person who keeps the profits and accepts all losses
Idioms
To move up in a company by getting promotions and more responsibility
Compounds
- Informal
7
4.1
A series of job levels in a company that people move up to reach higher positions with more responsibility
- Specialized
4
3.7
A loan from a company that pays regular interest but gives no ownership
- Specialized
2
4.1
The decisions and plans a company makes about money and investments
- Literature
A state of confusion and disorder in a company because of bad management or a crisis
- Offensive
A person, often a company leader, who gets government money they do not deserve
How Big
44
7.0
112
4.4
5
4.1
∞
1.0
- Canadian
11
2.8
2
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
corporate = corporation (transparent) = corpor + ate
The noun use as shorthand for a company is directly related to 'corporation' and is straightforward for learners.
Etymology
Corporate comes from the Latin root corpus 'body' and the idea of a group treated as one legal body. So a corporate as a noun is a company seen as a single organization under the law.