ALL meanings of corporation
cor·po·ra·tion
C c - countable noun corporation A corporation is a large business or company. 3
- countable noun corporation In some large British cities, the corporation is the local authority that is responsible for providing public services. 3
- noun corporation a group of people authorized by law to act as a legal personality and having its own powers, duties, and liabilities 3
- noun corporation the municipal authorities of a city or town 3
- noun corporation a group of people acting as one body 3
- noun corporation a large paunch or belly 3
- noun corporation a legal entity that exists independently of the person or persons who have been granted the charter creating it and that is invested with many of the rights given to individuals: a corporation may enter into contracts, buy and sell property, etc. 3
- noun corporation a group of people, as the mayor and aldermen of an incorporated town, legally authorized to act as an individual 3
- noun corporation any of the political and economic bodies forming a corporative state, each being composed of the employers and employees in a certain industry, profession, etc. 3
- noun corporation a large, prominent belly 3
- noun corporation A corporation is a large business or company. 3
- noun corporation Informal. a paunch; potbelly. 1
- noun corporation A company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law. 1
- noun corporation business 1
- noun corporation local authority 1
- noun corporation See collective noun. 1
- noun corporation an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation. 1
- noun corporation (initial capital letter) the group of principal officials of a borough or other municipal division in England. 1
- noun corporation any group of persons united or regarded as united in one body. 1
- noun corporation A group of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. 0
- noun corporation (Britain) The municipal governing body of a borough or city. 0
- noun corporation In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives. 0
- noun corporation (Slang) A protruding belly; a paunch. 0