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

How he ever laughed his way into that close corporation is a mystery, but somewhere in his twenties he managed it.

From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van

Nancy and I chum together, and it’s a close corporation.

From A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall by Marlowe, Amy Bell

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 Culp, Daniel Wallace

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 Nielson, William Allan

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 Putnam, J. Harold