close corporation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of close corporation
First recorded in 1915–20
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Government, as he saw it, was of the nature of a close corporation with a vested interest hostile to the public weal, and his work is penetrated by distrust of power as such.
From Liberalism by L. T. (Leonard Trelawny) Hobhouse
Furthermore, it will make a close corporation of finance and trade, with the government sitting in the board of directors and lending all the aid that imperial support can bestow.
From The War After the War by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
At meal time they were, therefore, a close corporation.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Pauline Lester
Whoso has passed the system, then, is to their minds one of a close corporation, of a select and intellectual few, and entitled to pose before the uninitiate.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
The other six, the ones who seem to admire Miss Walbert, are another close corporation.
From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Pauline Lester
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