corporate

corporate is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɔr.pər.ət/ or /ˈkɔr.prət/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɔː.pə.rət/ or /ˈkɔː.prət/

• Audio (UK)

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Adjective

Positive corporate

Comparative more corporate

Superlative most corporate

1. (usually before a noun) Corporate finance, planning, management, etc. is related to business or a company.

   We have accounts for both individual and corporate clients.

   There is a big difference between local managers and corporate leaders.

   There is a trend in large corporate structures to remove layers of management.

Related words

• corporation
• corporately