corporate
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/ / /ˈkɔː.pɹət/ / /ˈkoɹ.pə.ɹət/ / /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/ / /ˈkɔɹ.pəɹ.eɪt/
adj
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1429, the noun in 1849; from Middle English corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical, embodied; (participle/participial adjective) incorporated; corporated, constituted as a legal corporation”, used as the past participle of corporaten), from Latin corporātus, perfect passive participle of corporō (“to make into a body”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from corpus (“body”, oblique stem in corp-) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
- Of or relating to the whole company.
“The one on Seventh Street is a corporate franchise.”
“But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.”
- Formed into a company; incorporated.
- Unified into one body; collective.
“the corporate authorship of the working group”
“They answer in a joint and corporate voice.”
- Soulless and inoffensive; sanitized and sterile, like a design from a company.
“It's not that their interior decorating is horrible; it's just that, well, it's so corporate.”
noun
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1429, the noun in 1849; from Middle English corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical, embodied; (participle/participial adjective) incorporated; corporated, constituted as a legal corporation”, used as the past participle of corporaten), from Latin corporātus, perfect passive participle of corporō (“to make into a body”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from corpus (“body”, oblique stem in corp-) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
- A bond issued by the company.
“So-called junk corporates and emerging-market debt remain generally out of favor.”
- A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience.
“Currently there are 19 members, who are all in Spotlight and belong to Equity. Areas of work include theatre, musicals, television, film, commercials, corporates and voiceovers.”
- A company that franchises, as opposed to an individual franchise.
“McDonald's corporate issued a new policy today.”
- A company or group.
- The higher managerial echelons of a company.
“it came down from corporate”
“The work could be rewarding, but corporate is micro-managing everything.”
verb
Etymology: First attested in 1398; from Middle English corporaten (“to incorporate, assimilate; to constitute as a legal corporation”), either from corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical”, also used as the past participle of corporaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix) or directly from Latin corporātus + -en, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
- To incorporate.
“This hospital of Savoy was again new founded, erected, corporated , and endowed with lands by Queen Mary”
- To become incorporated.