close corporation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of close corporation
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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In theory and in practice ‘society’ considers itself, and to some extent is still, a close corporation.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
Society, still a close corporation, 198; but more and more subject to external influences, 198; recruited from alien elements, 199; ideal standard of, unaltered, 202.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
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
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)
Cleverness they don't care anything about—and not even for scandals outside their own close corporation.
From The High Heart by King, Basil
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