close corporation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of close corporation
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Let us bind ourselves by Tolstoy; let us agree to loosen ourselves by Nietzsche; but, in any case let us agree to love our neighbour on the principle of a close corporation.
From Personality in Literature by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James
We are now ready, and desire, to finance a close corporation, with a limited capital, to operate this property on a scale Befitting Its Importance.
From The Man from the Bitter Roots by Caroline Lockhart
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 T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
Cleverness they don't care anything about—and not even for scandals outside their own close corporation.
From The High Heart by Basil King
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
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