close corporation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of close corporation
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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It was merely a close corporation of hereditary lawyers, whose claim to political functions had been summarily dismissed by Richelieu.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter
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 Zahm, John Augustine
If they can find suitable material to mine and without too much expense for apparatus, they will start in at once with a close corporation.
From Polly and Eleanor by Barbour, Harold S.
The close corporation might have very good laws, but they were nothing to him.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
He wants to borrow money from the bank and put up the stock of his close corporation as collateral.
From The Price by Lynde, Francis
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