Corporation

Word CORPORATION
Character 11
Hyphenation cor po ra tion
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Corporation"

What do we mean by corporation?

An entity such as a business, municipality, or organization, that involves more than one person but that has met the legal requirements to operate as a single person, so that it may enter into contracts and engage in transactions under its own identity. noun

Such a body created for purposes of government. noun

A group of people combined into or acting as one body. noun

A protruding abdominal region; a potbelly. noun

An artificial person, created by law, or under authority of law, from a group or succession of natural persons, and having a continuous existence irrespective of that of its members, and powers and liabilities different from those of its members. noun

The body, generally large, of a man or an animal. noun

A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual. noun

See under Close. noun

A group of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. noun

In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives. noun

A protruding belly; a paunch. noun

A business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state noun

Slang for a paunch noun

A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

The municipal governing body of a borough or city.

In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.

A protruding belly; a paunch.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Corporation

The word "corporation" in example sentences

The term corporation, over there, is commonly applied only to the mayor, aldermen and sheriffs of a city, as in the London corporation. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

The term corporation, as used in this article, shall be construed to include all associations and joint-stock companies having any of the powers and privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships. ❋ Robert Digges Wimberly (1913)

The term corporation or company includes all trusts, associations and joint stock companies having any powers or privileges not possessed by individuals or unlimited partnerships. ❋ William Fayette Fox (1872)

The term corporation as used in this article, shall be construed to include all associations and jointstock companies having any of the powers and privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnership, and all corporations shall have the right to sue, and shall be subject to be sued in all courts in like cases as natural persons. ❋ 1868 (1868)

Seizing a portion of common stock from a corporation is the precisely correct analogy to depriving a human of liberty for a set time period. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I don't know what this place will be called, but if the way that sports arenas are quietly shifting from being named after a person to being named after a corporation is any indication, it might just be the planet Staples. ❋ James Napoli (2010)

However, it seems to me that a corporation is a kind of entity that works like a person for many respects. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So you think it was an accident all the Republican justices made the idiotic ruling that a corporation is a "person" and can therefore contribute unlimited funds to candidates and elections? ❋ Unknown (2010)

While a clearly defined message was hard to suss, I'm betting the word "corporation" figured heavily in passionate monologues. ❋ Paul Schwennesen (2011)

The idea that a corporation is a person is exactly the retarded concept that this candidacy makes fun of – and what do you the local short bus retard do but go and post that a “corporation is a person with free speech”! ❋ Unknown (2010)

We already have 9 goofy people in long, black robes telling us a corporation is an individual ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

How much can we derive then from lawsuits, when on the ground the cost to the corporation is a couple of C&Ds and they usually work? ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

May 2nd, 2010 8: 56 pm ET ummm, the corporation is the one responsible for cleaning this up, not government. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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