corporation

Pronunciation: /ˌkɔɹ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state
  2. noun slang for a paunch

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. By surface analysis, corporate + -ion. (protruding belly): Perhaps a play on the word corpulence.

In classic literature

Synonyms

corp

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
firm
Narrower (hyponyms)
conglomerate, closed corporation, federal home loan mortgage corporation, federal national mortgage association, shell corporation, federal deposit insurance corporation

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