English Explanatory Dictionary

corporation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.
  2. The municipal governing body of a borough or city.
  3. In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.
  4. A protruding belly.
name
  1. Ellipsis of City of London Corporation.

Pronunciation

/ˌkɔː.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ /ˌkɔɹ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ /ˌkɔɹ.pɚˈeɪ.ʃən/ en-us-corporation.ogg

Word forms

corporation corporations the Corporation

Etymology

From Middle English corporacion, corporation, from Late Latin corporatio (“assumption of a body”), from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to form into a body”); see corporate. By surface analysis, corporate + -ion. (protruding belly): Perhaps a play on the word corpulence.

Synonyms

paunch

Related words

corporate incorporate

Derived words

agricorporation anticorporation bancorporation B corporation benefit corporation C corporation corporation aggregate corporational corporation bus corporation law corporation lawyer corporation pop corporation sole corporation tax corporationwide crown corporation cybercorporation decorporation de facto corporation Delaware corporation eleemosynary corporation intercorporation megacorporation municipal corporation noncorporation owners corporation quasi corporation S corporation shell corporation sole corporation subcorporation supercorporation
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