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Cooperative vs Corporate - What's the difference?

cooperative | corporate |

As adjectives the difference between cooperative and corporate

is that cooperative is ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate while corporate is of or relating to a corporation.

As nouns the difference between cooperative and corporate

is that cooperative is a type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants. Abbreviation: co-op while corporate is a bond issued by a corporation.

As a verb corporate is

to incorporate.

cooperative

English

Alternative forms

* co-operative * *

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
  • Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives

    • Antonyms

    * adversarial * competitive

    Related terms

    * cooperation * cooperatively

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants. Abbreviation: co-op.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "cooperative")

    References

    * Chambers 21st Century Dictionary [http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/features/chref/chref.py/main?query=cooperative&title=21st&sourceid=Mozilla-search] retrieved on November 7, 2006 ----

    corporate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to a corporation.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 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.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)
    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= 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.}}
  • Formed into a corporation; incorporated.
  • Unified into one body; collective.
  • * Shakespeare
    • 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 * corporately

    Related terms

    * corpse * corporation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A bond issued by a corporation
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 11, Robert D. Hershey Jr., Look Past 2008 Stars for Gains in Bonds, New York Times, url=
    • , passage=So-called junk corporates and emerging-market debt remain generally out of favor. }}

    Verb

    (corporat)
  • (obsolete) To incorporate.
    • (Stow)
  • (obsolete) To become incorporated.

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