adjective

corporate

KOR-per-uht/ˈkɔːrpərət/

Belonging to an organized body collectively.

The employees make corporate decisions together around the conference table.

In an office conference room, company employees in business attire coordinate around product samples and shared workplace decisions.

Etymology

The underlying image is people 'formed into one body.' In the business sense, those people are legally empowered to act as a single entity rather than only as separate individuals.

In context

Wolfgang Schnellbaecher2:56

Now professional buyers, they actually read the corporate strategy,

Are you spending your money wisely?

Alice Rawsthorn7:47

I wrote about politics, economics and corporate affairs,

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More examples

Corporate profits rise as the company opens new stores.
The members share corporate responsibility for the association's decisions.
The nonprofit's corporate assets belong to the organization, not its members.

Forms

corporate

corporation noun — A company legally recognized as one entity.

Similar words

collective: Emphasizes shared ownership or action, without requiring a formal organization.
organizational: Emphasizes an organization's structure or operations rather than collective ownership.