Corporate

Pronunciation

Origin

From Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare ("to make into a body"), which in turn was formed from corpus ("body"). See also corpse.

Full definition of corporate

Adjective

1. Of or relating to a corporation.
• 2006, w, Internal Combustion Chapter 1, 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.
• 2013-06-14, Jonathan Freedland, Obama's once hip brand is now tainted, Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.
2. Formed into a corporation; incorporated.
3. Unified into one body; collective.
• ShakespeareThey answer in a joint and corporate voice.

Derived terms

Related terms

• corpse
• corporation

Noun

1. (finance) A bond issued by a corporation
• So-called junk corporates and emerging-market debt remain generally out of favor.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To incorporate.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To become incorporated.