international corporation

collocation in English

meaningsofinternationalandcorporation

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international
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
involving more than ...
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corporation
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˌkɔː.pərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɔːr.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a ...
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(Definition ofinternationalandcorporationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinternational corporation

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It is a majorinternationalcorporationthat has built up an impeccable reputation throughout the world.
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First, anyinternationalcorporationtakes a very long-term view of its investment in the host country.
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All this points to the fact that we shall have to come in the end to a greatinternationalcorporation.
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Now it is theinternationalcorporation.
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Aviation is perhaps the first thing that has happened in our lifetime that gives an opportunity for the real public utilityinternationalcorporation.
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Reuters has become not only a national but aninternationalcorporation, and a name which is familiar to us all.
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The minister has accepted a three thousand million bribery deal from aninternationalcorporationinterested in building five nuclear plans.
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It can also be referred to as aninternationalcorporationor transnational corporation.
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It has since expanded into aninternationalcorporationwith about forty offices worldwide.
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Today, the 1700-employeeinternationalcorporationremains an independent, privately owned publisher of specialized news and information for professionals in business and government.
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The film is about a middle-aged advertising executive whose company is bought out by a largeinternationalcorporationleaving him with a new boss who is nearly half his age.
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Charles developed his small family leather business into aninternationalcorporation.
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These qualities make them well suited as bases for international corporations doing business throughout the region, and by fulfilling this role they have remained strong and prosperous.
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Many family firms are being merged into international corporations, leading to lack of choice and competition.
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The large, management-run international corporations are supine compared with the spirit found in small family companies.
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Thirdly, international corporations have had every opportunity to introduce meaningful self-regulation.
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Today we have heard a great deal about the warts on the faces of international corporations.
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This is quite different from adorning a world power or increasing the freedom of international corporations.
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On an international scale, the great international corporations take over and, even on that scale, squeeze out other people.
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