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S corporation

noun

Definition of S corporation 

US law

: a small business corporation that is treated for federal tax purposes as a partnership Because MDY is an S corporation, all net income is considered the owners' taxable income. —Jill Andresky Fraser

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1960, in the meaning defined above

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