Conference vs Corporate - What's the difference?
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The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
* Shakespeare
(politics) A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
(science) A formalized event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
(business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers.
(sports) A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.
(obsolete) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
* Hooker
(Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
(education) To assess (a student) by one-on-one conversation, rather than an examination.
* 2009 , Jennifer Berne, The Writing-Rich High School Classroom
Of or relating to a corporation.
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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 an adjective corporate is
of or relating to a corporation.As a noun corporate is
(finance) a bond issued by a corporation.As a verb corporate is
(obsolete|transitive) to incorporate.conference
English
Noun
(en noun)- Nor with such free and friendly conference / As he hath used of old.
- helps and furtherances which the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford
Derived terms
* conference table * news conference * press conference * conference roomSee also
* discussant, lecturer, parleyer, prelector, speaker. The Writing-Rich High School Classroom: Engaging Students in ...Verb
(conferenc)- The students who were conferenced on paper 1 will get a written response to paper 2, and those who received a written response to paper 1 will be conferenced on paper 2.
corporate
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.}}
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- 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)