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corporative

American  
[kawr-puh-ray-tiv, -per-uh-tiv, -pruh-] / ˈkɔr pəˌreɪ tɪv, -pər ə tɪv, -prə- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a corporation.

  2. of or relating to a political system under which the principal economic functions, as banking, industry, or labor, are organized as corporate unities.


corporative British  
/ ˈkɔːpərətɪv, -prətɪv /

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of a corporation

  2. (of a state) organized into and governed by corporations of individuals involved in any given profession, industry, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of corporative

1825–35; < Late Latin corporātīvus, equivalent to Latin corporāt ( us ) corporate + -īvus -ive


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An ex-paratrooper and amateur boxer, Serling had corporative experience only in a stint with Crosley Corp. in a low-echelon job After World War II, Serling wrote his own local dramatic show for Cincinnati's station WKRC-TV.

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The worst injustices and frauds take place beneath the obscurity of the common name of a corporative firm.

From Time Magazine Archive

In July he decided to put into a voting trust his 95% stock control of American Newspapers, Inc., top holding company in the bewildering Hearst corporative pyramid.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just why Premier Salazar had decided to dabble in democracy after 25 years' devotion to a corporative state modeled on Italian Fascism, he did not say.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was appointed as a member of the corporative committee.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920 by Northern Nut Growers Association

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