corporate

American  

[kawr-per-it, -prit] / ˈkɔr pər ɪt, -prɪt /

adjective

1. of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.

   a corporate executive;

   She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.

2. forming a corporation.

3. pertaining to a united group, as of persons.

   the corporate good.

4. united or combined into one.

5. corporative.

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noun

1. a bond issued by a corporation.

corporate British  

/ ˈkɔːpərɪt, -prɪt /

adjective

1. forming a corporation; incorporated

2. of or belonging to a corporation or corporations

   corporate finance

3. of or belonging to a united group; joint

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Other Word Forms

• anticorporate adjective
• anticorporately adverb
• anticorporateness noun
• corporately adverb
• corporateness noun
• intercorporate adjective
• noncorporate adjective
• noncorporately adverb

Etymology

Origin of corporate

First recorded in 1350–1400 for verb senses; 1505–15 for adjective senses; Middle English corporaten, from Latin corporātus, past participle of corporāre “to incorporate”; incorporate ¹

Related Words

• collective
• joint