noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the
public corporation
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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In big corporations it is not possible just to fire some one.
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Would die working in a big corporation .
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The accountant called his fellow accountants over at the big corporation .
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The big corporations , fearing their royalties would disappear down a Web plughole, ganged together to sue Napster.
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In this drama, the overzealous junior exec in the big corporation is named Jim Profit.
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Most of these people are conscious of the dangers posed by the growth of big corporations .
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Kweisi Mfume, a five-term congressman from Baltimore, plans to push big corporations to make more purchases from black-owned concerns.
foreign
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There are also bargains which interlock all these with foreign corporations , foreign governments and the international organisations.
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Indeed, hundreds of foreign corporations in Hong Kong have shifted assets to other regions, spreading their risk.
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S.-domiciled subsidiaries of foreign corporations and by foreigners who are legal residents of the United States.
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The Malays controlled 4 percent. Foreign corporations held most of the rest.
giant
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A bitter smile crossed his face as his eyes ranged over the top men in the giant corporation .
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In industry after industry, giant corporations were seeking national markets -- and often, monopolies.
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These giant corporations may simply opt for law evasion.
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But the influential position of giant corporations varies significantly from industry to industry.
great
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Surely the great corporations had done something right and were worthy of great respect.
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Railroads had become the first great national corporations .
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He was personally proud of being a part of that great corporation .
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Maybe you like the idea of working for a great corporation or a wonderful small business in your hometown.
large
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Likewise large business corporations were often badly structured and sometimes plainly fraudulent.
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It is important to realise that the law-breaking of large businesses and corporations can have severe consequences.
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CEOs of very large corporations may have the use of private aircraft.
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The main targets would be large corporations with online business-to-business activities.
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We sought out people who had been laid off from large corporations and were forced to create new lives.
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Currently, Televisa is the largest communications corporation in the developing world.
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In very large corporations , some traveling to subsidiary firms and to customer accounts may be necessary.
major
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Among the mine-owning companies involved are major corporations such as Du Pont and General Dynamics.
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For the last twenty-five years, the major corporations in the United States have been getting smaller.
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Genesis meanwhile have netted more than £200 million with mainstream pop songs and sponsorship from major corporations .
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Chief executive officers of major corporations lose their jobs at rates never before seen.
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Loans provided are generally secured by proven oil reserves or guarantees received from any major oil corporation partner in the venture.
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Many major corporations offer leadership development courses.
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But it has attracted the interest, and investments, of major corporations .
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Affirmative action programs were the remedy of major institutions and corporations .
modern
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The implication drawn from the trade is that modern corporations lack an adequate system of accountability.
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No criticism attaches to the effort of the modern corporation to minimize risk.
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The modern corporation was founded on the principle of expediency.
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What is the best way to organize a modern corporation ?
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It is interesting to note the difference in standing at law between the modern corporation and the modern trade union.
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Both democracy and the modern corporation had dealt crippling blows.
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The modern large corporation resists this by its advertising.
multinational
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As vital to a painting, building or symphony as to a multinational trading corporation or the kitchen of a domestic house.
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These are the systems that handle accounting at multinational corporations , airline reservations, insurance and banking transactions and stock trades.
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The most relevant feature is the high proportion of multinational corporations in Britain.
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This cover technique is used by multinational corporations .
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Are we sovereign in defence, in our dealings with multinational corporations or in any significant matter?
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It looked more suitable for a multinational corporation than for a great Department of State.
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Banks also make other currency advances to traders, multinational corporations and sovereign governments.
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There is considerable evidence to show that manufacturing in multinational corporations has been reorganized along the lines described above.
nonprofit
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The Dodgers are the nonprofit corporation ....
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His nonprofit corporation , Working Arts, took over responsibility for the center when the symphony board filed for bankruptcy last year.
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Paul, Minnesota, created half a dozen private, nonprofit corporations to redevelop the city.
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Coney, a tenants rights activist, worked with the city to create a tenant-owned nonprofit corporation .
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Paul and Minneapolis created a nonprofit corporation to finance low-income housing.
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In nonprofit corporations , the board of trustees fulfills the same role.
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The two would be run at existing locations by a nonprofit corporation , with its own management and governing board.
private
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Where a government body seeks an injunction against a private individual or corporation , the position may be different.
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Paul, Minnesota, created half a dozen private , nonprofit corporations to redevelop the city.
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They lent too much too easily to unstable third world countries, private corporations built on sand and risky clients.
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Increasing numbers of accounting graduates are working in private corporations .
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The trend is not limited to the individual consumer. Private corporations and government are also getting into the act.
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Smith said he wants private corporations to get involved in tuberculosis prevention.
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War-time controls were removed; railroads and shipping returned to private corporations .
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Columbia was created by a private corporation , not a public organization.
public
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Privatization of public corporations has become a major feature of Conservative policy.
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The courts have long held that partners in private partnerships have greater obligations to each other than do shareholders in public corporations .
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Mr Simmons said firms waited an average of 81 days for payment from larger companies and public corporations .
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Co. surmounted a similar set of challenges when it moved from a partnership to a public corporation .
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This is partly due to the privatization programme which has been implemented in recent years and has reduced the number of public corporations .
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A public corporation managing a monopoly might do so in a sectional interest.
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The beneficiaries included teachers in higher education, bureaucrats, trade union leaders, welfare organizers, and leaders of public corporations .
transnational
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The transnational corporation enters the scene when sellers, intermediaries and buyers are parts of the same global organization.
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But the vehicle itself is the mighty transnational corporation .
■ NOUN
business
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Likewise large business corporations were often badly structured and sometimes plainly fraudulent.
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These figures correctly suggest that our economy is highly industrialized, characterized by gigantic business corporations in its manufacturing industries.
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In contrast, business corporations find it very hard to have alternative objectives.
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Extension of the individual freedom of conscience decisions to business corporations strains the rationale of these cases to the breaking point.
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Unlike partnerships in which the partners decide policy, in the business corporation the equity owners relinquished their privilege in favour of the directors.
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Unlike a business corporation or labor union, a charity may not sponsor or support a political action committee.
development
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That was most graphically illustrated when Sheffield was arguing about an urban development corporation .
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New town development corporations may also be able to assist in the ways described in ii. and iii. above.
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The imposition of councillor Jeff Sainsbury says much about the right hon. Gentleman and about the unrepresentative character of the development corporation .
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In the New Towns special development corporations provide public housing.
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The community development corporation is legally incorporated and financed from various sources and runs an economic development programme.
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Some hon. Members from Newcastle and Teesside have nothing but ill to say about development corporations .
tax
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In the 1980s the Chancellor reduced the rate of corporation tax companies paid but also reduced the allowances on new investment.
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The firm has to pay 1050 in corporation tax on the balancing charge and 5340 in capital gains tax.
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All employers who meet childcare costs can set these off against their liability for corporation tax .
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It also offered a complete exemption of corporation tax for 10 years from the start of operations.
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However, when the loan is repaid, the company is entitled to a refund of the corporation tax .
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The same is true of corporation tax , paid by firms on company profits.
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The company's corporation tax liability is due on 1 October 1995 and its returns and accounts by 31 December 1995.
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The plaintiff was assessed to corporation tax for accounting periods covering the years 1977 to 1985.
■ VERB
own
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Large ranches are often owned by corporations or wealthy individuals who have the cash to survive a downturn.
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Getting money out of the business poses problems for people who own corporations .
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And what worked for a partnership proved disastrous in a publicly owned corporation .
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FMOs, whose formation will be encouraged under the legislation, are privately owned corporations .
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Many people who own corporations try to treat them-selves as independent contractors to their own companies.
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They now own a corporation , Ramsey-Gerlich Enterprises, but their business still remains little more than a concept.
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Certain trusts that benefit individuals may also own stock in S corporations .
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And other S corporations may own stock in S corporations as long as they own all of the stock.
pay
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The firm has to pay 1050 in corporation tax on the balancing charge and 5340 in capital gains tax.
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From a cash-flow standpoint, that is less costly than actually paying your corporation an additional $ 200 in interest.
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The highly paid , like the corporations that employ them, are mobile, and can play one state off against another.
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This is the net dividend yield because the firm has already paid corporation tax on its earnings.
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Governments would have had to remove many of the regulations which protect us, and pay the corporations vast amounts in compensation.
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Joint-venture companies must pay corporation tax.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a multinational corporation
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IBM is one of the biggest corporations in the world.
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She's just been appointed chief financial officer of a major corporation .
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U.S. corporations sold nearly $6.2 billion in new stock in May -- the highest monthly volume in history.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And what worked for a partnership proved disastrous in a publicly owned corporation .
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Commercial paper is sold by large corporations.
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Increasing numbers of accounting graduates are working in private corporations.
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New town development corporations may also be able to assist in the ways described in ii. and iii. above.
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The most distinctive institution of capitalist economies is the privately owned corporation .
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Within modern capitalist societies the monopoly corporations constitute the dominant class fraction.
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Within the corporation , George was something of a legend.