corporate

6 definitions • 9 examples

relating to a large company:

corporate finance

a corporate merger

corporate executives

of or shared by a whole group and not just of a single member:

corporate responsibility All adults take corporate responsibility for the upbringing of the tribe's children.

relating to a business, especially a large business:

corporate bosses

Analysts are expecting share prices to fall in the first quarter of next year because of poor corporate earnings.

used to refer to large companies that have a lot of influence in the economy of the US, Britain, Germany, etc.:

Corporate America is starting to look at the millions of cars it owns for traveling salesmen as an area where it can save money.

a company, especially a large one:

major corporates

bonds in companies:

Their current split is 48% in stocks; 42% in bonds, mostly good-yielding corporates; and the rest in cash.