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corp.
or Corp.,
1. corporal.
2. corporation.
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| Noun | 1. |  corp - a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some stategreenmail - (corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business judgement in personam, judgment in personam, personal judgement, personal judgment - a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages case study - a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure conglomerate, empire - a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization large cap - a corporation with a large capitalization; "he works for a large cap" small cap - a corporation with a small capitalization; "this annual conference is a showcase for ambitious small caps" business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house" close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation, privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market closely held corporation - stock is publicly traded but most is held by a few shareholders who have no plans to sell shell corporation, shell entity - a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations FDIC, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, FHLMC, Freddie Mac - a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages Fannie Mae, Federal National Mortgage Association, FNMA - a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages Boy Scouts of America - a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training event planner - someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials) redemption - repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock) zero coupon bond, zero-coupon bond - a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005