corporation

cor·po·ra·tion  (kôrp-rshn)

n.

1. A body that is granted a charter recognizing it as a separate legal entity having its own rights, privileges, and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

2. Such a body created for purposes of government. Also called body corporate.

3. A group of people combined into or acting as one body.

4. Informal A protruding abdominal region; a potbelly.

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corporation [ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən]

n

1. (Law) a group of people authorized by law to act as a legal personality and having its own powers, duties, and liabilities

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Also called municipal corporation the municipal authorities of a city or town

3. a group of people acting as one body

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) See public corporation

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Informal a large paunch or belly

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	corporation - a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state corp greenmail - (corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business judgement in personam, judgment in personam, personal judgement, personal judgment - a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages case study - a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure conglomerate, empire - a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization large cap - a corporation with a large capitalization; "he works for a large cap" small cap - a corporation with a small capitalization; "this annual conference is a showcase for ambitious small caps" business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house" close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation, privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market closely held corporation - stock is publicly traded but most is held by a few shareholders who have no plans to sell shell corporation, shell entity - a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations FDIC, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, FHLMC, Freddie Mac - a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages Fannie Mae, Federal National Mortgage Association, FNMA - a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages Boy Scouts of America - a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training event planner - someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials) dead hand, mortmain - real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation) redemption - repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock) zero coupon bond, zero-coupon bond - a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security
	2.	corporation - slang for a paunch                   bay window, potbelly, tummy, pot paunch, belly - a protruding abdomen jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

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corporation

noun

1. business, company, concern, firm, society, association, organization, enterprise, establishment, corporate body chairman of a huge multi-national corporation

2. town council, council, municipal authorities, civic authorities The local corporation has given permission for the work to proceed.

Quotations
"corporation: an ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]

Translations

corporation [ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən]

A. N

1. (Comm) → corporación f (US) (= limited company) → sociedad f anónima

2. [of city] → ayuntamiento m

3. (Brit) (= paunch) → panza f

B. CPD → corporativo
corporation tax N (Brit) → impuesto m sobre sociedades

corporation [ˌkɔː^rpəˈreɪʃ^ən] n

[town] → municipalité f, conseil m municipal

(= company) → société f

corporation

n

(= municipal corporation) → Gemeinde f, → Stadt f; the Mayor and Corporation → der Bürgermeister und die Stadt

(Brit Comm: = incorporated company) → Handelsgesellschaft f; (US Comm: = limited liability company) → Gesellschaft f → mit beschränkter Haftung; private corporation (Comm) → Privatunternehmen nt; public corporation (Comm) → staatliches Unternehmen

(Brit, hum, = large belly) → Schmerbauch m

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corporation:

corporation bus

n → Stadtbus m, → städtischer Omnibus

corporation property

n → gemeindeeigener Besitz

corporation tax

n → Körperschaftssteuer f

corporation tram

n → städtische Straßenbahn

corporation transport

n → städtisches Verkehrsmittel

corporation [ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃ/ən] n (Comm) → società f inv (Am) → società di capitali; (of town) → consiglio comunale

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corporation [ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃ/ən] n (Comm) → società f inv (Am) → società di capitali; (of town) → consiglio comunale