Corporate

What “Corporate” means

Adj

1. Of or relating to an institution; institutional.
2. Formed into a institution; incorporated.
3. Unified into one body; collective.
4. Soulless and inoffensive; sanitized and sterile, like a design from an institution.

Noun

1. A bond issued by an institution.
2. A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience.
3. An institution that franchises, as opposed to an individual franchise.
4. An institution or group.
5. The higher managerial echelons of an institution.

Verb

1. To incorporate.
2. To become incorporated.

Where the word comes from

The adjective is first attested in 1429, the noun in 1849; from Middle English corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical, embodied; (participle/participial adjective) incorporated; corporated, constituted as a legal corporation”, used as the past participle of corporaten), from Latin corporātus, perfect passive participle of corporō (“to make into a body”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from corpus (“body”, oblique stem in corp-) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

First attested in 1398; from Middle English corporaten (“to incorporate, assimilate; to constitute as a legal corporation”), either from corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical”, also used as the past participle of corporaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix) or directly from Latin corporātus + -en, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

Business name ideas with “Corporate”

Industries where “Corporate” fits

We suggest this word for 1 business types and industries, including:

• Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices