corporation

B2 Topic:Business & Commerce

US /ˌkɔɹ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ UK /ˌkɔː.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

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1

noun
A large company, especially one made up of several businesses.

She works for a multinational corporation with offices worldwide.
2

noun
An organization legally treated as a single body, separate from its owners.

The business was registered as a corporation to limit personal risk.
3

noun
The official body that governs a city or town.

The city corporation approved the plan for a new park.

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1 noun · a large company, especially... corp

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Forms corporations

Derived forms agricorporationanticorporationbancorporationcorporationalcorporationwidecybercorporationdecorporationintercorporationmegacorporationnoncorporationsubcorporationsupercorporation

Related forms corporate incorporate

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Etymology

From Middle English corporacion, corporation, from Late Latin corporatio (“assumption of a body”), from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to form into a body”); see corporate. (protruding belly): Perhaps a play on the word corpulence.

*krep- Proto-Indo-European corporacion Middle English corporatio la-lat corporatus Latin

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# corporation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌkɔɹ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌkɔː.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 6065

## Meanings
1. A large company, especially one made up of several businesses.
2. An organization legally treated as a single body, separate from its owners.
3. The official body that governs a city or town.

## Examples
- She works for a multinational corporation with offices worldwide.
- The business was registered as a corporation to limit personal risk.
- The city corporation approved the plan for a new park.

## Derived Forms
- agricorporation
- anticorporation
- bancorporation
- corporational
- corporationwide
- cybercorporation
- decorporation
- intercorporation
- megacorporation
- noncorporation
- subcorporation
- supercorporation

## Related Forms
- corporate
- incorporate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *krep-
- Root: corporacion
- Root: corporatio
- Root: corporatus

## Etymology
From Middle English corporacion, corporation, from Late Latin corporatio (“assumption of a body”), from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to form into a body”); see corporate. (protruding belly): Perhaps a play on the word corpulence.

## AI Etymology
corporation comes from Middle English corporacion, corporation, from Late Latin corporatio (“assumption of a body”), from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to form into a body”); see corporate. (protruding belly): Perhaps a play on the word corpulence. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *krep-, Middle English corporacion, la-lat corporatio, Latin corporatus. Current senses include A large company, especially one made up of several businesses and An organization legally treated as a single body, separate from its owners. English relatives and later formations include agricorporation, anticorporation, bancorporation, corporate, incorporate.

## Topics
- Business & Commerce

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