corporation
cor·po·ra·tion
noun
Origin
From Middle English corporacion, corporation, from Late Latin corporatio (“assumption of a body”), from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to form into a body”); see corporate. By surface analysis, corporate + -ion. (protruding belly): Perhaps a play on the word corpulence.
Phrases
- B corporation
- benefit corporation
- C corporation
- corporation aggregate
- corporation bus
- corporation law
- corporation lawyer
- corporation pop
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