corporationnoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˌkɔː.pərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɔːr.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/corporation noun [ C, + sing/pl verb ] (BUSINESS)
B2 written abbreviation Corp. a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization:
a multinational corporation
the British Broadcasting Corporation
She didn't want to work for a big corporation where everything was so impersonal.
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- The film peeks behind the scenes of a multinational corporation.
- I hated working for a large corporation.
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Enterprises
- acquirer
- acquiror
- agency
- airline
- answering service
- auction house
- carrier
- collective
- est
- establishment
- firm
- fragmented
- franchise
- franchisee
- outfit
- private company
- private practice
- Pty
- public company
- public limited company
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corporation noun [ C, + sing/pl verb ] (LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
mainly UK the organization in a particular town or city that is responsible for services such as cleaning roads:
a municipal corporation
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UK politics: local government & politics
- alderman
- authority
- borough
- canton
- city council
- city fathers
- city hall
- councilwoman
- county borough
- county council
- development area
- local authority
- municipality
- parochial
- prefecture
- principal area
- shire
- South Yorkshire
- the North-South divide
- town meeting
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