corporation

Everyday

1. A corporation is a large company or group of companies that is treated by law as one body. tree →
2. (UK) A corporation can be a group of people who run a town or city, the town council. tree →
3. (old-fashioned, humorous) A corporation was a big round belly. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and news, big corporations make cars, phones and food. In geography, they run factories around the world. In the UK, the BBC is the British Broadcasting Corporation. In maths word problems, corporations have profits and workers to count.

Examples

• He works for a large corporation. tree →
• The BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation. tree →
• Some corporations have offices in many countries. tree →
• The city corporation cleans the streets. tree →
• The corporation made a profit last year. tree →
• A corporation is owned by its shareholders. tree →
• John ran as hard as he could into the town, and found the mayor and corporation. tree →

Note

Plural «corporations». Adjective «corporate». A corporation can own things and be taken to court as if it were one person.