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Crown corporation

American

[kroun kawr-puh-rey-shuhn] / ˈkraʊn kɔr pəˌreɪ ʃən /

noun

Canadian.

a commercial company owned by the government and controlled and partially operated by civil servants.

Crown corporation British

noun

a corporation owned by the federal or a provincial government

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Etymology

Origin of Crown corporation

First recorded in 1960–65

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