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corporation
noun
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Word History
Middle English corporacion "organization into a body politic, an organized body of people," borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French corporacion, borrowed from Late Latin corporātiōn-, corporātiō (Latin, "physical makeup"), from Latin corporāre "to form into a body" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of action nouns — more at corporate
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b
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“Corporation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corporation. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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corporation
nounLegal Definition
corporation
nouncalled also B corporation, public benefit corporation
Note: A corporation that does not choose to be an S corporation under the Internal Revenue Code is a C corporation.
called also closely held corporation
compare public corporation in this entryNote: As a result of its incorporation, a municipal corporation has the capacity to sue and be sued. Citizens as well as officials are usually considered part of a municipal corporation.
called also government corporation, publicly held corporation
called also publicly held corporation
compare close corporation in this entrycalled also subchapter S corporation
compare c corporation in this entryLate Latin corporatio, from Latin corporare to form into a body, from corpor-, corpus body
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