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cor·po·rate

(kôr′pər-ĭt, kôr′prĭt)

adj.

1. Formed into a corporation; incorporated: the corporate companies of industrial America.

2. Of or relating to a corporation: corporate assets; corporate culture.

3. United or combined into one body; collective: made a corporate effort to finish the job.

4. Of or relating to a corporative government or political system.

[Latin corporātus, past participle of corporāre, to make into a body, from corpus, corpor-, body; see k^wrep- in Indo-European roots.]

cor′po·rate·ly adv.

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corporate

(ˈkɔːpərɪt; -prɪt)

adj

1. (Commerce) forming a corporation; incorporated

2. (Commerce) of or belonging to a corporation or corporations: corporate finance.

3. of or belonging to a united group; joint

[C15: from Latin corporātus made into a body, from corporāre, from corpus body]

ˈcorporately adv

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cor•po•rate

(ˈkɔr pər ɪt, -prɪt)

adj.

1. of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: a corporate executive.

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

3. united or combined into one.

4. corporative.

5. Also called cor′porate bond′. a bond issued by a corporation.

[1505–15; Middle English < Latin corporātus, past participle of corporāre to incorporate; see corpus]

cor′po•rate•ly, adv.

cor′po•rate•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	corporate - of or belonging to a corporation; "corporate rates"; "corporate structure"
	2.	corporate - possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term" embodied, incarnate, bodied, corporal corporeal, material - having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett
	3.	corporate - done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good" collective joint - united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners"
	4.	corporate - organized and maintained as a legal corporation; "a special agency set up in corporate form"; "an incorporated town" incorporated organized - formed into a structured or coherent whole

corporate

adjective collective, collaborative, united, shared, allied, joint, combined, pooled, merged, communal Most boards wish to have an effective system of corporate governance.

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Translations

مُتَّحِـد، مُتَضامِن

společný

vereinigt

colectivo conjunto

corporatif unifié

egyetemleges

sameiginlegur

consiglio comunale costituito mezzo della nettezza urbana piano societario sentimento di fratellanza

korporacija

kopīgs

birleşikbirleşmişortak

共同的

corporate

[ˈkɔːpərɪt]

A. ADJ (= joint) [ownership, responsibility] → corporativo, colectivo; [action, effort] → combinado; (= of company, firm) [image, planning, identity, growth] → corporativo

B. CPD corporate body N → corporación f
corporate car N (US) → coche m de la empresa
corporate name N → nombre m social
corporate strategy N → estrategia f de la empresa

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corporate

[ˈkɔː^rp^ərɪt] adj (= company) [finance, profit] → d'entreprise; [scandal] → lié(e) au monde des affaires
corporate governance → gouvernance f d'entreprise
corporate America (= the American business world) → le monde des affaires américaincorporate culture n → culture f d'entreprisecorporate headquarters npl → siège m socialcorporate hospitality n arrangement selon lequel une entreprise offre des places de spectacles, des déjeuners ou des réceptions à ses clientscorporate identity corporate image n [organization] → image f de l'entreprisecorporate law n → droit m des sociétés

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corporate

adj

(= of a group) → gemeinsam, korporativ; corporate action/decision → geschlossenes or gemeinsames Vorgehen/gemeinsame Entscheidung; to work for the corporate good → für das Gemeinwohl arbeiten; to take out corporate membership of another society → als geschlossene Gruppe Mitglied eines anderen Vereins werden

(of a corporation) → korporativ; (of a company) → Firmen-; (Jur) → Korporations-; I’m not a corporate man → ich bin ein Mensch, der sich in großen Firmen nicht wohlfühlt; the corporate life of an organization → das Leben in einer großen Vereinigung; I was meaning “we” in the corporate sense → ich meinte „wir“ als Firma; our corporate liabilities → unsere Verbindlichkeiten als Firma; to move up the corporate ladder → in der Firma aufsteigen; corporate body → Körperschaft f; corporate finance → Unternehmensfinanzen pl; corporate financing → Unternehmensfinanzierung f; corporate planning → Unternehmensplanung f

corporate

corporate hospitality

n Unterhaltung und Bewirtung von Firmenkunden

corporate identity

n → Firmenimage nt

corporate law

n → Gesellschaftsrecht nt

corporate lawyer

n (working for corporation) → Firmenanwalt m → /-anwältin f; (= specialist in corporate law) → Anwalt m → /Anwältin f → für Gesellschaftsrecht

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corporate

[ˈkɔːp/ərɪt] adj (joint, action, effort) → congiunto/a, unitario/a; (ownership, responsibility) → comune (Comm) → corporativo/a, costituito/a (in corporazione)
corporate body → ente unico avente personalità giuridica

corporate

(ˈkoːpərət) adjective

united. corporate effort.

ˌcorpoˈration noun

a body of people acting as one individual eg for administration or business purposes. the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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It is on record that Theodore Roosevelt, at that time President of the United States, said in 1905 A.D., in his address at Harvard Commencement: "We all know that, as things actually are, many of the most influential and most highly remunerated members of the Bar in every centre of wealth, make it their special task to work out bold and ingenious schemes by which their wealthy clients, individual or corporate, can evade the laws which were made to regulate, in the interests of the public, the uses of great wealth."

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But the new nomadic population of clerks and artisans, constantly shifting their homes from one suburb to another, or their children from one school to another, could have no corporate continuity.

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Whether you are a lawyer servicing a corporate client, a professional or a family member assigned by the board as a corporate secretary, a board director or an owner of a corporation, you must know how corporate housekeeping should be executed properly.

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While the backdating phenomenon is causing substantial tipples throughout the corporate insurance sector as claims for reimbursement of defense costs mount, the ultimate toll in terms of a surge of covered damage claims is yet to be determined.

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