close corporation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of close corporation
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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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)
Nancy and I chum together, and it’s a close corporation.
From A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall by Marlowe, Amy Bell
At meal time they were, therefore, a close corporation.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline
In nearly all parts of the South, indeed, it is a close corporation which controls or seeks to control all the federal offices.
From Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy by Grayson, David
Cleverness they don't care anything about—and not even for scandals outside their own close corporation.
From The High Heart by King, Basil
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