corporation
US /ˌkɔrpɚˈeɪʃən/
Definition
a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The corporation announced plans to build a new headquarters downtown.
Word Family
Synonyms
- enterprisea purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
- firmthe members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
Collocations
- Easy large corporationdescribing large corporation (a garment size for a large person)
- Medium multinational corporationdescribing multinational corporation (involving or operating in several nations or nationalities)
- Hard public limited corporationdescribing public limited corporation (people in general considered as a whole)
- Very Hard statutory corporation chartered by statedescribing statutory corporation chartered by state (relating to or created by statutes)
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.