Meaning of CORPORATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'korpurit
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- [adj] possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term"
- [adj] organized and maintained as a legal corporation; "a special agency set up in corporate form"; "an incorporated town"
- [adj] done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good"
- [adj] of or belonging to a corporation; "corporate rates"; "corporate structure"
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| | Synonyms: | | bodied, collective, corporal, corporeal, embodied, incarnate, incorporated, joint, material, organized |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cor"po*rate\ (k?r"p?-r?t), a. [L. corporatus, p. p.
of corporare to shape into a body, fr. corpus body. See
{Corpse}.]
1. Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an
association, and endowed by law with the rights and
liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a
corporate town.
2. Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body.
``Corporate property.'' --Hallam.
3. United; general; collectively one.
They answer in a joint and corporate voice. --Shak.
{Corporate member}, an actual or voting member of a
corporation, as distinguished from an associate or an
honorary member; as, a corporate member of the American
Board.
\Cor"po*rate\ (-r?t), v. t.
To incorporate. [Obs.] -- Stow.
\Cor"po*rate\, v. i.
To become incorporated. [Obs.]
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| | Related Terms: | | affiliate, affiliated, allied, associate, associated, cabalistic, coincident, combined, compact, comprehensive, concurrent, confederate, confederated, conjoint, conjugate, conjunct, conspiratorial, coupled, enleagued, federate, federated, in cahoots, in league, in partnership, in with, inclusive, incorporated, joined, joint, leagued, married, paired, partners with, teamed, wed, wedded |
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