corporation
[noun]
Synonyms:
- business, association, corporate body, society
- town council, civic authorities, council, municipal authorities
- paunch, beer belly (informal), middle-age spread (informal), potbelly, spare tyre (Brit. slang), spread (informal)

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English Thesaurus: company, firm, business, corporation, multinational, ...

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cor‧po‧ra‧tion AC /ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən $ ˌkɔːr-/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: corporation; adjective: corporate]

1. a big company, or a group of companies acting together as a single organization:
He works for a large American corporation.
multinational corporations
the Siemens Corporation
corporation tax (=tax that companies have to pay on their profits)

2. an organization or group of organizations that work together for a particular purpose and are officially recognized as one:
the New Orleans Citywide Development Corporation
a housing corporation

3. British English old use a group of people elected to govern a town or city Synonym : council

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corporation
noun
ADJ. big, giant, large, major | powerful | foreign | global, international, multinational, transnational | private, public | broadcasting, business, finance, industrial, oil
CORPORATION + NOUN tax
 ⇒ Note at ORGANIZATION (for verbs)

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company an organization that makes or sells something, or provides a service:
big oil companies
telephone companies
He runs a software company.
firm a company, especially one that provides a service rather than producing goods:
a law firm
a firm of accountants
a security firm
business a company – often used when talking about a company that employs only a small number of people:
She set up her own catering business.
small businesses
a family business
corporation a large company that often includes several smaller companies:
IBM is one of the biggest corporations in the world.
multinational a very large company with offices in many different countries:
American multinationals are establishing research and development facilities across the developing world.
conglomerate /kənˈɡlɒmərət, kənˈɡlɒmərɪt $ -ˈɡlɑː-/ a very large company that consists of several different companies which have joined together:
The company was taken over by a German media conglomerate.
giant a word used mainly by newspapers for a very large company:
Their clients include the retail giant, Wal-Mart.
subsidiary a company that is owned by a larger company:
The company runs its New York operations through a US subsidiary.

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