corporation

Etymology
From, , from , from , past participle of ; see.

Perhaps a play on the word.

Noun

 * 1) A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.
 * 2) The municipal governing body of a borough or city.
 * 3)  In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.
 * 4)  A protruding belly.
 * 5) * 1918,, ‘Prelude’, Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, page 91:
 * 'You'd be surprised,' said Stanley, as though this were intensely interesting, 'at the number of chaps at the club who have got a corporation.'
 * 1) * 1918,, ‘Prelude’, Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, page 91:
 * 'You'd be surprised,' said Stanley, as though this were intensely interesting, 'at the number of chaps at the club who have got a corporation.'
 * 'You'd be surprised,' said Stanley, as though this were intensely interesting, 'at the number of chaps at the club who have got a corporation.'

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: corporación
 * Belarusian: карпара́цыя
 * Catalan:
 * Cornish: korforeth
 * Czech: korporace
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: korporacio
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Latvian: korporācija
 * Ojibwe: wiiji-bimaadiziimagad
 * Ottoman Turkish: لونجه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: корпора́ция
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: korporasyon
 * Ukrainian:


 * Belarusian: адкрытае акцыянернае таварыства, закрытае ацыянернае таварыства
 * Bulgarian: акционерно дружество
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: aktieselskab
 * Dutch: naamloze vennootschap
 * Esperanto: akcia kompanio, akcia societo
 * Finnish: julkinen osakeyhtiö
 * French:
 * Georgian: სააქციო საზოგადოება
 * German:
 * Greek: ανώνυμη εταιρία
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: perseroan terbatas terbuka
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 주식회사
 * Latvian: akciju sabiedrība
 * Lithuanian: akcinė bendrovė
 * Macedonian: акционерско друштво
 * Malay: berhad
 * Maori: kaporeihana, rangatōpū
 * Marathi: महामंडळ
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: sociedade anónima
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: sociedad anónima
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: consiglio comunale
 * Portuguese:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:

Noun

 * 1) guild
 * 1) guild