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Etymology
From Latin corporatio

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-corporation.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n
IPA|/'k��po�reɪ�n/

Noun
en-noun
#A group of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.
#In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.

1. slang A protruding belly; a paunch.

Quotations
;paunch
1918, w:Katherine Mansfield|Katherine Mansfield, Prelude, Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, page 91

Derived terms
corporate veil
British Broadcasting Corporation

Translations
trans-top|company
Chinese: �� (g�ngsī)
Czech: spole�nost f
Dutch: bedrijf n, vennootschap n
Finnish: konserni (contains many companies), osakeyhtiö for a sole incorporated company
French: corporation f, société f
German: Unternehmen n, Kapitalgesellschaft f, Körperschaft f (juristische Person), Innung f, Gilde f, Gemeindevertretung f, -rat m
Greek: ε�αι�ία (etaipía) f
Hebrew: ת���� (taagyd) m
Italian: società f, corporazione f
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Japanese: �人 (����, h�jin) for corporations generally; 株��社 (��������, kabushiki-gaisha) for business corporations specifically
Korean: 기� (gieop)
Latin: (Modern Latin) corporatio f nominative, corporationis genitive; (Classical Latin) collegium n
Romanian: corporaţie f
Russian: ко�по�а�и� (korporátsija) f
Swedish: konsern (contains many companies), aktiebolag for a sole incorporated company
Spanish: corporación f
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trans-top|Italian association
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