corporation | | |
n. (group) | 1. corp, corporation | a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state. |
| ~ greenmail | (corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business. |
| ~ judgement in personam, judgment in personam, personal judgement, personal judgment | a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages. |
| ~ case study | a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure. |
| ~ conglomerate, empire | a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization. |
| ~ large cap | a corporation with a large capitalization.; "he works for a large cap" |
| ~ small cap | a corporation with a small capitalization.; "this annual conference is a showcase for ambitious small caps" |
| ~ business firm, firm, house | the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments.; "he worked for a brokerage house" |
| ~ close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation, privately held corporation | a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market. |
| ~ closely held corporation | stock is publicly traded but most is held by a few shareholders who have no plans to sell. |
| ~ shell corporation, shell entity | a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations. |
| ~ fdic, federal deposit insurance corporation | a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions. |
| ~ federal home loan mortgage corporation, fhlmc, freddie mac | a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages. |
| ~ fannie mae, federal national mortgage association, fnma | a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages. |
| ~ boy scouts of america | a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training. |
| ~ event planner | someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials). |
| ~ dead hand, mortmain | real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation). |
| ~ redemption | repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock). |
| ~ zero-coupon bond, zero coupon bond | a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security. |
n. (body) | 2. bay window, corporation, pot, potbelly, tummy | slang for a paunch. |
| ~ paunch, belly | a protruding abdomen. |
| ~ argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, cant | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).; "they don't speak our lingo" |
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