I. ˈkȯrp(ə)rə̇t, ˈkȯ(ə)p-, usu -ə̇d.+V adjective
Etymology: Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare to make into a body, from corpor-, corpus body — more at midriff
1.
a. : formed into or forming a body by legal enactment : united in an association and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual : incorporated
a corporate town
a new federal agency, set up in corporate form to insure state school … bonds — Edgar Fuller
b. : of or relating to a corporation or to corporations in general
a plan to reorganize the corporate structure
whether the tax should be applied to business (particularly corporate business) as such — H.M.Groves
: of or relating to an incorporated body
the corporate powers of the municipality
2. obsolete : having a body : material
3.
a. : of or relating to a unified body made up of individuals or particulars : aggregate
the student experiences as part of his training the corporate life of the college
: made or performed as a body or in a body rather than individually
human law arises by the corporate action of a people — G.H.Sabine
b. : combined, united, or grouped together into one usually cohesive body
the yeomen … were a corporate society like the country gentry — Adrian Bell
the immunities and good fellowship with which the Senate, as a corporate group, cushions conflicts within its own circle — Charles McKinley
c. : of or relating to the whole group as distinguished from the individual members
sacrifice their individual rights for … the corporate good — Rebecca West
d. : consisting of two or more persons jointly responsible (as for the authoring of a novel)
a corporate author
: consisting of a group or corporation
a corporate defendant
a corporate person
4. : corporative 2
• cor·po·rate·ly adverb
II. ˈkȯ(r)pəˌrāt, usu -ād.+V transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin corporatus
: incorporate