professional corporation

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noun

a corporation formed by one or more licensed practitioners, especially medical or legal, to operate their practices on a corporate plan. Abbreviation: PC, P.C.

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Origin of professional corporation

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby professional corporation

professed, professedly, profession, professional, professional association, professional corporation, professional foul, professionalism, professionalize, Professional Standards Review Organization, professor

How to use professional corporation in a sentence

Texas offers not just place to its actual or potential new residents, but professional possibilities.
Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet Texas does not foreclose professional opportunities for him.
Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was also swept about in the music of D.C., a scene which gave rise to such acts as Fugazi and Thievery Corporation.
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In fact, I publicly vowed to abstain from The Ball in 2012, but professional responsibilities and curiosity got the better of me.
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Soon thereafter, Bentivolio was asked to play Santa in downtown Milford and became a professional.
Kerry Bentivolio: The Congressman Who Believes in Santa Claus|Ben Jacobs|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My father, who was a professional cricketer, was smashed up by an accident, and I had three horrible years in employment in shops.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In future years the poor-rate (so-called) will include, in addition to these, all other rates levyable by the Corporation.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
True, she had taken a lively interest in all her brother's curates, but it was always a professional interest and purely Platonic.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
For these plays were not the work of a professional writer, but the recreation of a (temporary) professional soldier.
First Plays|A. A. Milne
They require frequent cleaning with a long wire and a bit of tow, and in some large towns there are professional pipe-cleaners.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.