CORP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corp mean? 

• CORP (noun)
  The noun CORP has 1 sense:

1. a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

  Familiarity information: CORP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

corp; corporation

Hypernyms ("corp" is a kind of...):

business firm; firm; house (the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments)

Domain member category:

zero-coupon bond; zero coupon bond (a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security)

greenmail ((corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business)

redemption (repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock))

dead hand; mortmain (real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation))

event planner (someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials))

case study (a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure)

judgement in personam; judgment in personam; personal judgement; personal judgment (a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corp"):

conglomerate; empire (a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization)

large cap (a corporation with a large capitalization)

small cap (a corporation with a small capitalization)

close corporation; closed corporation; private corporation; privately held corporation (a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market)

closely held corporation (stock is publicly traded but most is held by a few shareholders who have no plans to sell)

shell corporation; shell entity (a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations)

FDIC; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions)

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; FHLMC; Freddie Mac (a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages)

Fannie Mae; Federal National Mortgage Association; FNMA (a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages)

Boy Scouts of America (a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training)

 Context examples 

Colonel Barclay had married at the time when he was a sergeant, and his wife, whose maiden name was Miss Nancy Devoy, was the daughter of a former colour-sergeant in the same corps.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Our residence at Canterbury, and our local connexion, will, no doubt, enable him to take advantage of any vacancy that may arise in the Cathedral corps.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

When first he entered the corps, she was ready enough to admire him; but so we all were.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Did any one, be it East End rough or West End patrician, intrude within the outer ropes, this corp of guardians neither argued nor expostulated, but they fell upon the offender and laced him with their whips until he escaped back out of the forbidden ground.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have alluded to him, Reader, because I think I see in him an intellect profounder and more unique than his contemporaries have yet recognised; because I regard him as the first social regenerator of the day—as the very master of that working corps who would restore to rectitude the warped system of things; because I think no commentator on his writings has yet found the comparison that suits him, the terms which rightly characterise his talent.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Had Miss Bingley known what pain she was then giving her beloved friend, she undoubtedly would have refrained from the hint; but she had merely intended to discompose Elizabeth by bringing forward the idea of a man to whom she believed her partial, to make her betray a sensibility which might injure her in Darcy's opinion, and, perhaps, to remind the latter of all the follies and absurdities by which some part of her family were connected with that corps.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I knew it to be a most respectable, agreeable corps, and my friend Denny tempted me further by his account of their present quarters, and the very great attentions and excellent acquaintances Meryton had procured them.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

As to what restraint the apprehensions of disgrace in the corps might throw on a dishonourable elopement with her, I am not able to judge; for I know nothing of the effects that such a step might produce.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“It was greatly my wish that he should do so,” he added, “as soon as his marriage was fixed on. And I think you will agree with me, in considering the removal from that corps as highly advisable, both on his account and my niece's. It is Mr. Wickham's intention to go into the regulars; and among his former friends, there are still some who are able and willing to assist him in the army. He has the promise of an ensigncy in General —'s regiment, now quartered in the North. It is an advantage to have it so far from this part of the kingdom. He promises fairly; and I hope among different people, where they may each have a character to preserve, they will both be more prudent. I have written to Colonel Forster, to inform him of our present arrangements, and to request that he will satisfy the various creditors of Mr. Wickham in and near Brighton, with assurances of speedy payment, for which I have pledged myself. And will you give yourself the trouble of carrying similar assurances to his creditors in Meryton, of whom I shall subjoin a list according to his information? He has given in all his debts; I hope at least he has not deceived us. Haggerston has our directions, and all will be completed in a week. They will then join his regiment, unless they are first invited to Longbourn; and I understand from Mrs. Gardiner, that my niece is very desirous of seeing you all before she leaves the South. She is well, and begs to be dutifully remembered to you and her mother. Yours, etc., E. GARDINER.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Denny addressed them directly, and entreated permission to introduce his friend, Mr. Wickham, who had returned with him the day before from town, and he was happy to say had accepted a commission in their corps.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)