close corporation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of close corporation
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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We are now ready, and desire, to finance a close corporation, with a limited capital, to operate this property on a scale Befitting Its Importance.
From The Man from the Bitter Roots by Lockhart, Caroline
The governing charter thenceforth in many boroughs, though not in all, was the charter which had established a close corporation, and from this time on to 1835 the boroughs made no progress in constitutional growth.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
Government, as he saw it, was of the nature of a close corporation with a vested interest hostile to the public weal, and his work is penetrated by distrust of power as such.
From Liberalism by Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny)
It has, in the intellectual sphere, crushed the old authority which embodied superstition, antiquated prejudice, and a sham system of professional knowledge, which was upheld by a close corporation.
From English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
It'll be a close corporation, and if we strike oil, we'll all three have a good thing.
From The Mardi Gras Mystery by Bedford-Jones, H. (Henry)
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