corporation
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- noun
- /ˌkɔːrpəˈreɪʃən/
- Slang
:
panza
- She laughed and pointed at his growing corporation after they shared a large pizza.
Examples
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After indulging in too many desserts, he ended up with a noticeable corporation that he couldn't hide.
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I would liken innovation and entrepreneurship to heart and kidneys and the overweight individual to an oversized corporation.
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Now, I'm a man without a corporation.
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Frank's a corporation man, body and soul.
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This corporation ain't got your back, bro.
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Nice, tight little corporation.
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His corporation was hard to miss, especially in that tight-fitting shirt.
Synonyms
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The stomach or belly, often the round front part of the body where food goes after you eat
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A large round stomach often caused by weight gain
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A round stomach that sticks out because of extra fat
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A large round belly that sticks out
Compounds
- Specialized
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A company owned by a small group whose shares are not sold to the public
- Specialized
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A company that exists only on paper and has no real business used to hide ownership or move money
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A United States government group that promises to pay back people's bank deposits if a bank fails
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A US company backed by the government that buys home loans to help banks lend more
- Specialized
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A company, often a bank, that manages money and property for other people
- South African
A company that a small group of people own and run and whose shares are not sold to the public
- Specialized
A company whose shares are owned by a small group and not sold to the public
- Specialized
A company owned by a small group whose shares are not sold on the stock market
- Literature
Popular music made by big companies to sell well and often not very original
An agency of the World Bank Group that gives money to private companies and guarantees loans to support development
A company owned by a few people whose shares are not sold on public stock markets
- Specialized
A company that provides essential services like water or electricity and must follow government rules
How Big
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- Slang
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- Canadian
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- Baby Talk
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Surface Forms
Morphology
corporation = corporate (opaque) = corpor + ation
Although morphologically built from the same corporate element plus '-ation', the slang sense 'paunch' is a humorous/metaphorical extension not deducible from the base meaning.
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the slang corporation for a large belly is that it uses the same Latin root corpus, meaning 'body'. So in a joking way the word calls a big, round belly its own 'body', which is why people use it to mean a paunch.