corpus
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7.6
- noun
- /ˈkɔr.pəs/
- Specialized
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capital
- The charity relies on the corpus to fund its ongoing projects and initiatives.
- habeas corpus
- writ of habeas corpus
- corpus proceedings
Examples
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If the Fund were to dissolve, the corpus could be transferred to the Society at the trustees' discretion.
Academic text (2003) -
For example, as the corpus of poorly rationalized regulations grows, the authority of any one particular regulation is weakened.
Academic text (1995) -
As the corpus of poorly rationalized regulations grows, the authority of any one particular regulation is weakened.
Academic text (1995) -
The second difficulty is that artifacts are still buried, representing a huge but still undiscovered corpus of data on Africa's past.
Academic text (1995) -
Investors often evaluate the corpus of a fund to understand its financial health.
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To ensure long-term sustainability, the school used its corpus wisely to generate income.
Synonyms
141
1.0
An amount of money considered as a whole
37
4.1
The original amount of money you borrow or invest
Original amount of money someone lends or invests that people pay interest on
Compounds
- Formal
16
9.9
A court order making police bring a person in jail to a judge to check if keeping them is legal
- Formal
4
9.9
An order to bring a prisoner before a judge to check if being held is legal
- Specialized
2
8.0
A wide band of nerve tissue that joins the left and right sides of the brain
- Specialized
1
7.6
A yellow tissue in the ovary that makes hormones after an egg leaves and goes away unless pregnancy happens
- Specialized
1
9.1
A part of the brain made of two connected areas that helps control movement
- Specialized
An almond-shaped group of brain cells in the front part of the side of the brain that helps control emotions
A Christian feast on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday that celebrates the bread and wine of Communion
- Specialized
Part of the brain that sends visual signals from the eye to the visual area at the back
- Specialized
A part of the thalamus that relays sound signals to the hearing part of the brain
- Specialized
They are small round parts under the brain that help you remember things
Surface Forms
Etymology
Corpus comes from the Latin corpus, meaning 'body', and in finance it means the main 'body' of money rather than the income it gives. So when you hear that only the interest can be spent, the 'corpus' is the original amount that must stay intact.