Crown corporation
noun Canadian.
a commercial company owned by the government and controlled and partially operated by civil servants.
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Origin of Crown corporation
First recorded in 1960–65
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British Dictionary definitions for Crown corporation
Crown corporation
noun
(in Canada) a corporation owned by the federal or a provincial government
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