Cor|po|ra|tion

Cor|po|ra|tion
cor|po|ra|tion «KR puh RAY shuhn», noun.
1. a group of persons who obtain a charter giving them as a group certain legal rights and privileges. A corporation can buy and sell, own property, manufacture and ship products, and bring lawsuits, as if its members were a single person. Abbr: Corp.
2. a group of persons with authority to act as a single person. The governing body of a college and the mayor and aldermen of a city are corporations.
3. a corporate body in a corporative state, composed of members representing employers and employees, that regiments specific activities in a given economic sphere.
4. Slang. the abdomen, especially when large and prominent.
Cor|po|ra|tion «KR puh RAY shuhn», noun.
British. the municipal authorities of a city or town.

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  • cor|po|ra|tion — «KR puh RAY shuhn», noun. 1. a group of persons who obtain a charter giving them as a group certain legal rights and privileges. A corporation can buy and sell, own property, manufacture and ship products, and bring lawsuits, as if its members… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cor|o|na|tion — «KR uh NAY shuhn, KOR », noun. the ceremony of crowning a king, queen, or emperor …   Useful english dictionary

  • cor|re|la|tion|al — «KR uh LAY shuh nuhl, KOR », adjective. having to do with or using correlation …   Useful english dictionary

  • cor|re|la|tion — «KR uh LAY shuhn, KOR », noun. 1. the mutual relation of two or more things: »There is a close correlation between climate and crops. SYNONYM(S): interdependence. 2. the act or process of correlating. SYNONYM(S): connection. 3. the condition of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cor|ru|ga|tion — «KR uh GAY shuhn, yuh ; KOR », noun. 1. the act of corrugating. 2. the state of being corrugated; contraction into wrinkles, folds, or ridges. 3. one of a series of wavy folds or ridges; wrinkle; furrow …   Useful english dictionary

  • cor|us|ca|tion — «KR uh SKAY shuhn, KOR », noun. 1. a flash of light; sparkle. 2. a flashing; sparkling …   Useful english dictionary

  • cor·o·na·tion — /ˌkorəˈneıʃən/ noun, pl tions [count] : a ceremony in which a crown is placed on the head of a new king or queen the coronation of Queen Elizabeth …   Useful english dictionary

  • cor·re·la·tion — /ˌkorəˈleıʃən/ noun, pl tions : the relationship between things that happen or change together [noncount] the correlation of brain size and/with intelligence often + between the high/strong correlation between poverty and crime [=the fact that… …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|cor|ti|ca|tion — «dee KR tuh KAY shuhn», noun. the act or process of decorticating …   Useful english dictionary

  • dis|in|cor|po|ra|tion — «DIHS ihn KR puh RAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act of disincorporating. 2. the state of being disincorporated …   Useful english dictionary

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