corporate

[kawr-per-it, -prit]

adjective

1. of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.

   a corporate executive;

   She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.

2. forming a corporation.

3. pertaining to a united group, as of persons.

   the corporate good.

4. united or combined into one.

5. corporative.

noun

1. a bond issued by a corporation.

corporate

/ ˈkɔːpərɪt, -prɪt /

adjective

1. forming a corporation; incorporated

2. of or belonging to a corporation or corporations

   corporate finance

3. of or belonging to a united group; joint

Other Word Forms

• corporately adverb
• corporateness noun
• anticorporate adjective
• anticorporately adverb
• anticorporateness noun
• intercorporate adjective
• noncorporate adjective
• noncorporately adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of corporate¹

First recorded in 1350–1400 for verb senses; 1505–15 for adjective senses; Middle English corporaten, from Latin corporātus, past participle of corporāre “to incorporate”; incorporate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of corporate¹

C15: from Latin corporātus made into a body, from corporāre, from corpus body

Example Sentences

This helps explain why U.S. corporate profit margins have risen in the wake of higher trade tariffs, which are partially being absorbed by companies rather than passed on to consumers as higher prices.

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A CMO role in sports can offer executives a more meaningful job than the corporate hamster wheel—but glamour and predictability can be in short supply.

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Pointing to recent corporate activity by global shipping lines and increased interest in transport assets from global infrastructure funds, analyst Ian Munro sees some probability of interest from a third party.

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Despite Monday's disappointing reading, Dirk Schumacher, chief economist at German public lender KfW, noted that corporate expectations had trended up over the course of the year.

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Strategy has earned its reputation as the world’s largest corporate holder of the cryptocurrency through its steady purchases since establishing a Bitcoin treasury in 2020.

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Related Words

• collective 
• joint