corporate

corporate
adjective Etymology: Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare to make into a body, from corpor-, corpus Date: 1512 1. a. formed into an association and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual ; incorporated b. of or relating to a corporation <
a plan to reorganize the corporate structure
>
c. of, relating to, or being the large corporations of a country or region considered as a unit <
the latest trend in corporate America
>
d. having qualities (as commercialism or lack of originality) associated with large corporations or attributed to their influence or control <
corporate rock music
>
<
corporate art
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2. of, relating to, or formed into a unified body of individuals <
human law arises by the corporate action of a people — G. H. Sabine
>
3. corporative 2 • corporately adverb

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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