Synonyms for corporation
ˌkɔr pəˈreɪ ʃəncor·po·ra·tion

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1. corporation

   We speak of an alliance of nations, a club of pleasure-seekers, a community of Shakers, a company of soldiers or of friends, a confederacy, confederation, federation, or union of separate states under one general government, a partnership or company of business men, a conjunction of planets. The whole body of Freemasons constitute a fraternity; one of their local organizations is called a lodge. A corporation or company is formed for purposes of business; an association or society (tho also incorporated) is for learning, literature, benevolence, religion, etc. Compare ASSOCIATE; ACQUAINTANCE; FRIENDSHIP.

   Synonyms:
   alliance, association, club, community, companionship, company, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, familiarity, federation, fellowship, fraternity, friendship, lodge, participation, partnership, society, union

   Antonyms:
   disintegration, independence, isolation, separation, solitude

   Preposition:
   An association of scholars for the advancement of knowledge; association with the good is ennobling.

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1. corporation

   Synonyms:
   confirmation, fortification, strengthening

   Antonyms:
   counterevidence, contradiction, invalidation, shaking, refutation

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1. corporation, corpnoun

   a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

   Synonyms:
   potbelly, corp, bay window, tummy, pot

2. pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummynoun

   slang for a paunch

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, potbelly stove, peck, mint, sens, plenty, lot, weed, stool, batch, raft, corp, quite a little, passel, good deal, can, tum, dope, pile, muckle, flowerpot, mass, potty, potful, crapper, stack, mountain, sess, locoweed, commode, deal, grass, green goddess, breadbasket, potentiometer, potbelly, bay window, jackpot, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, bow window, mess, toilet, sight, tummy, spate, stomach, skunk, kitty, gage, great deal, smoke, throne, pot

Matched Categories

1. • Firm
   • Paunch

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1. corporationnoun

   Synonyms:
   incorporated body

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1. List of paraphrases for "corporation":

   society, company, société, corporación, companies, corporations, societies, ocs, firm, corporate, securities, cmcc, corp., sociã, incorporation, societal, enterprise, firms

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How to use corporation in a sentence?

1. Greg Kafoury:

   Because of his courage, we were able to show the jury an unconscionable failure of responsibility by the world's largest corporation.

2. Andy Beshear:

   If you call yourself a health care company, and not simply a for-profit corporation, you should be willing to do that.

3. Manchester University sociologist Robert Pettit:

   Disney is a capitalistic corporation bent on consumerism, and that's what drives our economy, it brings out people's opinions about our society and culture in general. You can love them or be very critical of those aspects of our culture and society because it portrays them so well.

4. Scott Applewhite -RRB- Noti:

   Certainly, itsnot permissible to use an LLC or any other kind of LLC or any other kind of intermediary to conceal the recipient or purpose of a PACs spending, the law requires the PACto report who it disperses money to. You canttry to evade that by routing it through an LLC or corporation or anyone else.

5. Rudy Giuliani:

   Michael Cohen is talking about buying the rights from AMI( American Media Inc.), they're talking about a corporation doing it, one of their corporations doing it. The President says' make sure it's done correctly, and make sure its done by check.'.