Contribute vs Corporate - What's the difference?
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To give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
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, title= Of or relating to a corporation.
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, title= Formed into a corporation; incorporated.
Unified into one body; collective.
* Shakespeare
(finance) A bond issued by a corporation
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(obsolete) To incorporate.
(obsolete) To become incorporated.
As verbs the difference between contribute and corporate
is that contribute is to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole while corporate is (obsolete|transitive) to incorporate.As an adjective corporate is
of or relating to a corporation.As a noun corporate is
(finance) a bond issued by a corporation.contribute
English
Verb
(contribut)Katie L. Burke
In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}
Synonyms
* add * assist * bestow * bring * chip in * impart * kick in * lend * provide * put upcorporate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}
Obama's once hip brand is now tainted, passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}
- They answer in a joint and corporate voice.
Derived terms
* corporate anorexia * corporate censorship * corporate executive * corporate image * corporate income tax * corporate ladder * corporate monster * corporate nationalism * corporate officer * corporate seal * corporate tax * corporate veil * corporatelyNoun
(en noun)Verb
(corporat)- (Stow)