In some large British cities, the corporation is the local authority that is responsible for providing public services.
...the corporation's task of regenerating 900 acres of the inner city.
More Synonyms of corporation
corporation in British English
(ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən)
noun
1.
a group of people authorized by law to act as a legal personality and having its own powers, duties, and liabilities
2. Also called: municipal corporation
the municipal authorities of a city or town
3.
a group of people acting as one body
4. public corporation
5. informal
a large paunch or belly
corporation in American English
(ˌkɔrpəˈreɪʃən)
noun
1.
a legal entity that exists independently of the person or persons who have been granted the charter creating it and that is invested with many of the rights given to individuals: a corporation may enter into contracts, buy and sell property, etc.
2.
a group of people, as the mayor and aldermen of an incorporated town, legally authorized to act as an individual
3.
any of the political and economic bodies forming a corporative state, each being composed of the employers and employees in a certain industry, profession, etc.
4. Informal
a large, prominent belly
Word origin
ME corporacioun < LL(Ec) corporatio, assumption of a body, incarnation < pp. of L corporare: see corporate; (sense 4) prob. from assoc. with corpulent, etc.
corporation in Finance
(kɔrpəreɪʃən)
Word forms: (regular plural) corporations
noun
(Finance: Corporate)
A corporation is a large business or company.
The interests of management and shareholders often conflict, particularly when acorporation is subject to a possible takeover attempt.
The nation's largest corporations aren't directly affected by prime rate changes because many can borrow at rates wellbelow the prime.
A corporation is a large business or company.
corporation in Accounting
(kɔrpəreɪʃən)
Word forms: (regular plural) corporations
noun
(Accounting: Basic)
A corporation is a large business or company.
The interests of management and shareholders often conflict, particularly when acorporation is subject to a possible takeover attempt.
The nation's largest corporations aren't directly affected by prime rate changes because many can borrow at rates wellbelow the prime.
A corporation is a large business or company.
C corporation, S corporation
COBUILD Collocations
corporation
multinational corporation
Examples of 'corporation' in a sentence
corporation
Academics and large corporations all over the world are busy pouring money into nanotechnology research.
Computing (2010)
How about leaving the old and working class alone and curbing the excesses of the top ten per cent earners and the larger corporations?
The Sun (2017)
At the same time some large corporations are getting away with paying no tax, or ridiculously low tax.
The Sun (2016)
The city corporation said that all representations about the issue would be considered.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
What kind of power do business corporations have?
Walklate, Sandra Victimology - the victim and the criminal justice process (1989)
Wealthy people bought entire apartment buildings and used the law to turn them into corporations.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The company then claims corporation tax relief.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
That is easy to establish with a small company but next to impossible with a large corporation.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But a hard juggling act for a corporation.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This example highlights a number of reasons for considering the activities of business corporations.
Walklate, Sandra Victimology - the victim and the criminal justice process (1989)
People and corporations who own land become wealthier from rising prices with contribution to the economy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The company paid no corporation tax last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Our clients are not just business corporations.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It can also identify people who the corporation thinks might be in need of help.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Both should oblige the company to pay corporation tax like any other.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He wooed big business by cutting corporation tax and vowed to chase those who avoid it.
The Sun (2012)
And a listed property company must pay corporation tax.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He wants to partner with businesses and corporations.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
As a business the company will pay corporation tax and there will be tax to pay on dividends.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
More than a dozen charitable trusts and City corporations will bankroll all this.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In those days web design for large corporations was well paid, but could be agonisingly slow.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This emphasis on the local begs the question of what contribution a large, multinational corporation can make.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Large corporations often don't know what they are spending on or may not be fully exploiting scale economies.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In some places farmers are being forced off their land, corporations avoid local taxes and food prices areoften artificially high.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Under current law, corporations can deduct charitable contributions only up to 10% of taxable income.
Christianity Today (2000)
In other languages
corporation
British English: corporation NOUN
A corporation is a large business or company.
...multi-national corporations.
American English: corporation
Brazilian Portuguese: corporação
Chinese: 大公司/企业
European Spanish: corporación
French: société
German: Unternehmen
Italian: società a responsabilità limitata
Japanese: 企業
Korean: 법인
European Portuguese: corporação
Latin American Spanish: corporación
All related terms of 'corporation'
C corporation
A C corporation is a type of corporation that is taxed on its income .
S corporation
An S corporation is a type of corporation in which the owners are taxed for any taxable income on their individual returns .
corporation tax
Corporation tax is a tax that companies have to pay on the profits they make.
close corporation
a small private limited company
closed corporation
a corporation the stock of which is owned by a small number of persons and is rarely traded on the open market
corporation lawyer
a lawyer who works for a corporation
Crown corporation
a corporation owned by the federal or a provincial government
public corporation
(in Britain) an organization established to run a nationalized industry or state-owned enterprise . The chairperson and board members are appointed by a government minister , and the government has overall control
trust corporation
a commercial bank or other enterprise organized to perform trustee functions
government corporation
a corporation set up by a national government to carry out business transactions on its behalf
municipal corporation
a group of people authorized by law to act as a legal personality and having its own powers, duties , and liabilities
statutory corporation
a company or other body set up by statute
multinational corporation
A corporation is a large business or company .
advance corporation tax
a former UK tax in which a company paying a dividend had to deduct the basic rate of income tax from the grossed-up value of the dividend and pay it to the Inland Revenue
government-owned corporation
a corporation set up by a national government to carry out business transactions on its behalf
mainstream corporation tax
(in Britain ) the balance of the corporation tax formerly paid by a company for an accounting period after the advance corporation tax had been deducted
privately held corporation
A privately held corporation is a company whose shares cannot be bought by the general public.
public-service corporation
a private corporation that provides services to the community , such as telephone service, public transport
British Broadcasting Corporation
the full name of the BBC, the official public broadcasting organization in the UK, which is funded by licence fees paid by everyone who uses a television receiver
International Finance Corporation
an organization that invests directly in private companies and makes or guarantees loans to private investors. It is affiliated to the World Bank and is part of the World Bank Group
fico
a worthless trifle
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Freddie Mac
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation : a corporation sponsored by the federal government which issues securities backed by pools of residential mortgages purchased from lending institutions
Chinese translation of 'corporation'
corporation
(kɔːpəˈreɪʃən)
n(c)
(Comm) 股份有限公司 (gǔfèn yǒuxiàn gōngsī) (家, jiā)
(Brit)[of town]市政当(當)局 (shìzhèng dāngjú)
Corp.
abbr
(= corporation) 股份有限公司 (gǔfèn yǒuxiàn gōngsī)
1 (noun)
Definition
a large business or company
chairperson of a huge multi-national corporation
Synonyms
business
The company was a family business.
company
She worked in an insurance company.
concern
If not a large concern, his business was at least a successful one.
firm
The firm's employees were expecting large bonuses.
society
the historical society
association
the British Olympic Association
organization
Most of the funds are provided by voluntary organizations.
enterprise
There are plenty of small industrial enterprises.
establishment
Shops and other commercial establishments remained closed today.
corporate body
2 (noun)
Definition
a city or town council
The local corporation has given permission for the work to proceed.
Synonyms
town council
council
municipal authorities
civic authorities
3 (noun)
Definition
a large paunch
(informal)
Synonyms
spread (informal)
paunch
He was developing a paunch.
pot
He's already developing a pot from all the beer he drinks.
pod
beer belly (informal)
spare tyre (British, slang)
middle-age spread (informal)
potbelly
puku (New Zealand)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of association
Definition
a group of people with a common interest
the British Olympic Association
Synonyms
group,
company,
club,
order,
union,
class,
society,
league,
band,
set,
troop,
pack,
camp,
collection,
gathering,
organization,
circle,
corporation,
alliance,
coalition,
partnership,
federation,
bunch (informal),
formation,
faction,
cluster,
syndicate,
congregation,
batch,
confederation,
cooperative,
fraternity (US, Canadian),
affiliation,
posse (slang),
clique,
confederacy,
assemblage,
social network
in the sense of company
Definition
a business organization
She worked in an insurance company.
Synonyms
business,
firm,
association,
corporation,
partnership,
establishment,
syndicate,
house,
concern
in the sense of concern
Definition
a business or firm
If not a large concern, his business was at least a successful one.