CORPORATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slang for a paunch

Synonyms:

bay window; corporation; pot; potbelly; tummy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("corporation" is a kind of...):

belly; paunch (a protruding abdomen)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

Synonyms:

corp; corporation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("corporation" is a kind of...):

business firm; firm; house (the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments)

Domain member category:

case study (a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure)

judgement in personam; judgment in personam; personal judgement; personal judgment (a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages)

greenmail ((corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business)

event planner (someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials))

dead hand; mortmain (real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation))

redemption (repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock))

zero-coupon bond; zero coupon bond (a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corporation"):

conglomerate; empire (a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization)

large cap (a corporation with a large capitalization)

small cap (a corporation with a small capitalization)

close corporation; closed corporation; private corporation; privately held corporation (a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market)

closely held corporation (stock is publicly traded but most is held by a few shareholders who have no plans to sell)

shell corporation; shell entity (a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations)

FDIC; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions)

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; FHLMC; Freddie Mac (a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages)

Fannie Mae; Federal National Mortgage Association; FNMA (a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages)

Boy Scouts of America (a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training)

Credits

Context examples:

If you work for a large corporation, ask your employer if you qualify for tuition matching, where your employer helps you get your degree by matching the funds you pay.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A proprietary treatment planning system developed by the Novalis corporation.

(BrainLab iPlan, NCI Thesaurus)

A proprietary 3D intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatment planning platform developed by the Elekta corporation.

(Elekta Xio, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the electronic health record systems and solutions developed by the MEDITECH corporation.

(MEDITECH Health Record System, NCI Thesaurus)

A for-profit business, including individuals operating commercial enterprises as sole proprietorships, limited and general partnerships, and corporations; or a not-for-profit organization, including private educational and health services institutions, cooperatives, and corporations.

(Commercial Organization, NCI Thesaurus)

You still believe in equality, and yet you do the work of the corporations, and the corporations, from day to day, are busily engaged in burying equality.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

An employee charged with the general administrative responsibilities of any given office of a corporation or business, responsible for all paperwork, including its filing and retention over time, and the supervision of office staff.

(Office Manager, NCI Thesaurus)

The American Lung Association is a voluntary national health organization funded by contributions from the public, along with gifts and grants from corporations, foundations and government agencies, and dedicated to fight against lung diseases with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health.

(American Lung Association, NCI Thesaurus)

An offshore company in which a U.S. person owns 10 percent or more of a foreign corporation or in which 50 percent or more of the total voting stock is owned by U.S. shareholders collectively or 10 percent or more of the voting control is owned by U.S. persons which is treated by the IRS as a U.S. tax reporting entity.

(Controlled Foreign Corporation, NCI Thesaurus)

A person other than an individual (e.g., corporation or agency) that uses one or more of its own employees to conduct research it has initiated is considered to be a sponsor, and the employees are considered to be investigators. [21 CFR P.50.3(k)] [21 CFR P.50.102(j)] [21 CFR P.312.3]