corporation
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
corporation/kɔːpəˈreɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 a large company or group of companies authorized to act as a single entity and recognized as such in law.
- 2 Brit. a group of people elected to govern a city, town, or borough.
- 3 humorous, dated a paunch.
'corporation' also found in these Oxford entries:
ABC
- ACT
- amortize
- BBC
- body corporate
- borough
- by-law
- CBC
- CDC
- central casting
- chamberlain
- city
- City Company
- coat of arms
- College of Arms
- conglomerate
- Corp.
- corporation tax
- corporator
- court
- cross-ownership
- fellowship
- franked investment income
- guildhall
- IFC
- impropriate
- incorporate
- Lloyd's Register
- Lord Provost
- mortmain
- post office
- public company
- RCA
- scot
- suitor
- swan-upping
- TNC
- town clerk
- UDC
- unincorporated
