corporate
/'kɔ:pərit/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Relating to or belonging to a corporation: Pertaining to a large company or group that is authorized to act as a single legal entity.
- Done by or characteristic of a group acting as one: Characterized by a collective or unified action, identity, or interest.
- (Archaic) Having a bodily or material form: Existing in a physical, tangible form.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The company is reviewing its corporate strategy for the next fiscal year.
- They showed great corporate spirit in organizing the charity event.
- (Archaic) The poet described the angel in corporate form.
Advanced Usage
- "Corporate identity": The visual and cultural elements (like logo, values) that represent a company as a unified whole.
- The rebranding focused on strengthening the firm's corporate identity.
- "Corporate social responsibility (CSR)": A business model where a company is socially accountable to itself, its stakeholders, and the public.
- The firm's corporate social responsibility program includes environmental initiatives.
Variants and Related Words
- Corporation (n): A large company or group of companies authorized to act as a single entity.
- The multinational corporation has offices in over fifty countries.
- Incorporated (adj): Formed into a legal corporation. Often abbreviated as "Inc."
- The business was officially registered as an incorporated entity.
- Corporately (adv): In a corporate manner.
- The division acted corporately to achieve its goals.
Synonyms
- Collective: Done by people acting as a group.
- Organizational: Relating to the structure or affairs of an organization.
- Incorporated: Formed into a legal corporation.
Related Phrases
- Corporate culture: The shared values, practices, and social norms within a company.
- A positive corporate culture boosts employee morale.
- Corporate ladder: The hierarchy within a company through which employees can advance.
- She is determined to climb the corporate ladder.
- Corporate headquarters: The main offices of a corporation.
- The decision was made at corporate headquarters.
Adjective
- organized and maintained as a legal corporation
- a special agency set up in corporate form
- an incorporated town
- done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
- a joint identity
- the collective mind
- the corporate good
- possessing or existing in bodily form
- what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind- Shakespeare
- an incarnate spirit
- `corporate' is an archaic term
- of or belonging to a corporation
- corporate rates
- corporate structure