corporate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or belonging to a corporation
    • corporate rates
    • corporate structure
  2. adjective satellite possessing or existing in bodily form
    corporal; bodied; incarnate; embodied.
    • what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare
    • an incarnate spirit
    • `corporate' is an archaic term
  3. adjective satellite done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
    collective.
    • a joint identity
    • the collective mind
    • the corporate good
  4. adjective satellite organized and maintained as a legal corporation
    incorporated.
    • a special agency set up in corporate form
    • an incorporated town

WordNet

Cor"po*rate adjective
Etymology
L. corporatus, p. p. of corporare to shape into a body, fr. corpus body. See Corpse.
Definitions
  1. Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town.
  2. Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body. "Corporate property." Hallam.
  3. United; general; collectively one.
    They answer in a joint and corporate voice. Shak.
Cor"po*rate transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To incorporate. Obs. Stow.
Cor"po*rate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become incorporated. Obs.

Webster 1913