1350-1400 for v. senses; 1505-15 for adj. senses; Middle Englishcorporaten < Latincorporātus past participle of corporāre to incorporate; see corpus
Related forms
corporately, adverb
corporateness, noun
anticorporate, adjective
anticorporately, adverb
anticorporateness, noun
intercorporate, adjective
noncorporate, adjective
noncorporately, adverb
Examples from the web for corporate
The veteran vice president for advancement at various times ran everything from the athletics department to corporate spinoffs.
corporate campuses often devote a large percentage of available space to landscaping, and those sweeping lawns require irrigation.
Traditionally, decisions have been made by political and corporate leadership.
Dan's good work is catching on with corporate customers too.
The underlying psychology helps explain why ethical lapses in the corporate world seem so pervasive and intractable.
The deadlines listed below apply only to corporate and image advertising.
They all have their inside corporate reasons, no doubt.
University trustees are generally drawn from a business background and are accustomed to corporate plans.
The results so far are no match for the depth and breadth of government and corporate products.
corporate applications are well under way, and consumer uses are emerging.
British Dictionary definitions for corporate
corporate
/ˈkɔːpərɪt; -prɪt/
adjective
1.
forming a corporation; incorporated
2.
of or belonging to a corporation or corporations: corporate finance
3.
of or belonging to a united group; joint
Derived Forms
corporately, adverb
Word Origin
C15: from Latin corporātus made into a body, from corporāre, from corpus body
Word Origin and History for corporate
adj.
early 15c., "united in one body," from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare "form into a body," from corpus (genitive corporis) "body" (see corporeal).