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

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close corporation

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)

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

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 Brown, George Douglas

But the class-room was a close corporation for Foundation scholars, and not one of my chums had access to it to see fair play.

From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir

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