close corporation

American  

[klohs] / kloʊs /

noun

1. closed corporation.

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close corporation British  

/ kləʊs /

noun

1. c.c.. a small private limited company

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Etymology

Origin of close corporation

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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close corporation

But the class-room was a close corporation for Foundation scholars, and not one of my chums had access to it to see fair play.

From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

Lessee Lowe admitted he was a close corporation, being president, secretary, treasurer, boss and everything else of the company, which held no meetings, had no stock, and declared no dividends.

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Daniel Wallace Culp

The faculty was a close corporation and insisted that its members should have a monopoly of all the honors and emoluments that were to accrue from the treatment of the sick and suffering.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by John Augustine Zahm

This close corporation of printers and publishers exercised its powers for the protection of its members rather than of authors.

From The Facts About Shakespeare by William Allan Nielson

A Royal Charter, making the proposed university a close corporation under the control of Anglican clergymen, was obtained.

From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by J. Harold Putnam