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Definition of corporation
1a : a group of merchants or traders united in a trade guild (see guild sense 1)
b : the municipal authorities of a town or city
2 : a body formed and authorized by law to act as a single person although constituted by one or more persons and legally endowed with various rights and duties including the capacity of succession
3 : an association of employers and employees in a basic industry or of members of a profession organized as an organ of political representation in a corporative state
4 : potbelly sense 1
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The first known use of corporation was in the 15th century
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