corporate

The definition of corporate is something related to a business group or a business that operates as a single legal unit.

(adjective)

An example of corporate is a culture in an office.
An example of corporate is a company that has filed papers and become incorporated.

See corporate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Archaic united; combined
having the nature of, or acting by means of, a corporation; incorporated
of a corporation: corporate debts
shared by all members of a unified group; common; joint: corporate responsibility
corporative (sense )

Origin: ME corporat < L corporatus, pp. of corporare, to make into a body < corpus, body: see corpus

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See corporate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Formed into a corporation; incorporated: the corporate companies of industrial America.
Of or relating to a corporation: corporate assets; corporate culture.
United or combined into one body; collective: made a corporate effort to finish the job.
Of or relating to a corporative government or political system.

Origin:

Origin: Latin corporātus

Origin: , past participle of corporāre, to make into a body

Origin: , from corpus, corpor-, body; see k^wrep- in Indo-European roots

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