cor ‧ po ‧ rate AC /ˈkɔːp ə rət, ˈkɔːp ə rɪt $ ˈkɔːr-/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ corporation ; adjective : ↑ corporate ]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: past participle of corporare 'to make into a body' , from corpus ; ⇨ ↑ corpus ]
1 . belonging to or relating to a corporation:
The company is moving its corporate headquarters (=main offices) from New York to Houston.
Vince is vice-president of corporate communications.
Corporate America is not about to be converted to the environmentalist cause.
changing the corporate culture (=the way that people in a corporation think and behave) to accept family-friendly policies
an advertising campaign intended to reinforce our corporate identity (=the way a company presents itself to the public)
the yacht can be hired for corporate hospitality (=entertainment provided by companies for their customers)
2 . shared by or involving all the members of a group:
corporate responsibility
3 . used to describe a group of organizations that form a single group:
The university is a corporate body made up of several different colleges.
—corporately adverb
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COLLOCATIONS
■ nouns
▪ corporate profits
U.S. corporate profits were higher than analysts predicted.
▪ corporate culture (=the way the people in a big company think and behave)
A company should trust its employees and have an open corporate culture.
▪ the corporate sector (=the area of business involving big companies)
The UK corporate sector is highly competitive.
▪ the corporate world
After 15 years, I really wanted to escape the corporate world.
▪ corporate finance (=the area of finance relating to the money big companies need to run their businesses)
I was trying to get a job in corporate finance.
▪ corporate planning/strategy (=the activity of planning what a big company needs to do to succeed)
Roche is the man in charge of corporate planning.
▪ corporate identity/image (=the way a company presents itself to the public)
Our new logo is part of the process of developing our corporate identity.
▪ corporate executives/managers (=who work for big companies)
highly paid corporate executives
▪ corporate clients/customers (=clients that are companies)
It's a big investment bank that serves mainly corporate clients.
▪ corporate hospitality (=entertainment provided by companies for their customers)
The castle can also be hired for corporate hospitality.
▪ corporate power
the growth of corporate power
▪ corporate structure (=the way in which the parts of a big company are organized)
The company has a new corporate structure and a new management.