adj

corporate

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adj

Relating to a large company or business organization as a whole.

"The corporate office handles all major decisions."

"She works in corporate finance."

Shared or united as a single group.

"They made a corporate decision to relocate the team."

noun

A bond issued by a company (short for "corporate bond").

"The fund holds several corporates alongside government debt."

How to Use Corporate

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishHaving to do with a company, or belonging to a group acting as one unit.

Common pairings

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more corporate comparative, corporated past tense, corporates plural, corporates singular, most corporate superlative

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The _____ office handles all major decisions.

From Latin corporatus, "made into a body," from corpus, "body" — the idea of many individuals forming one legal "body".

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