corporate

English

Etymology

From Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to make into a body”), which in turn was formed from corpus (“body”). See also corpse.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

corporate (comparative more corporate, superlative most corporate)

1. of, or relating to a corporation
2. formed into a corporation; incorporated
3. unified into one body; collective

Derived terms

• corporate anorexia
• corporate censorship
• corporate executive
• corporate income tax
• corporate monster
• corporate nationalism
• corporate officer
• corporate seal
• corporate tax
• corporate veil
• corporately

Related terms

• corpse
• corporation

Translations

of, or relating to a corporation

Bulgarian: корпоративен (bg) Finnish: yhtiö- (fi), yritys- (fi)

Manx: cochorpagh (gv) Russian: корпоративный (ru) (korporatívnyj)

formed into a corporation; incorporated

Finnish: yhtiömuotoinen (fi), yhtiöitetty (fi)

unified into one body; collective

Bulgarian: общ (bg), колективен (bg) Finnish: yhdistetty (fi), yhteinen (fi), yhteis- (fi)

Russian: общий (ru) (óbščij), коллективный (ru) (kollektívnyj)

External links

• corporate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• corporate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Noun

corporate (plural corporates)

1. (finance) A bond issued by a corporation
   • 2009 January 11, Robert D. Hershey Jr., “Look Past 2008 Stars for Gains in Bonds”:

     So-called junk corporates and emerging-market debt remain generally out of favor.

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Latin

Verb

corporāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of corporō