Corporate

/ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/ · adjective

Meaning

Of or relating to the whole company..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of or relating to the whole company.
2. Formed into a company; incorporated.
3. Unified into one body; collective.
4. (colloquial) Soulless and inoffensive; sanitized and sterile, like a design from a large corporation.
5. (finance) A bond issued by the company.
6. A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience.
7. (business, countable) A company that franchises, as opposed to an individual franchise.
8. (business, countable) A company or group.

Example Sentences

The one on Seventh Street is a corporate franchise.

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.

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.

the corporate authorship of the working group

They answer in a joint and corporate voice.

It's not that their interior decorating is horrible; it's just that, well, it's so corporate.

So-called junk corporates and emerging-market debt remain generally out of favor.

Currently there are 19 members, who are all in Spotlight and belong to Equity. Areas of work include theatre, musicals, television, film, commercials, corporates and voiceovers.

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Word Forms

• more corporate
• most corporate
• corporates
• corporating
• corporated

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