Corporate vs Corporates - What's the difference?
corporate | corporates |
Of or relating to a corporation.
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Unified into one body; collective.
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(finance) A bond issued by a corporation
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(obsolete) To incorporate.
(obsolete) To become incorporated.
As nouns the difference between corporate and corporates
is that corporate is a bond issued by a corporation while corporates is plural of corporate.As an adjective corporate
is of or relating to a corporation.As a verb corporate
is to incorporate.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)