big corporation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbigandcorporation
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big
adjective
uk/bɪɡ/us/bɪɡ/
large in size ...
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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 ofbigandcorporationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbig corporation
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Now a big labor union and abigcorporationconfronted one another over an industrial battlefield.
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It is abigcorporation.
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What matters in abigcorporationis the morale.
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It is asked to give credit facilities to somebigcorporation.
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Of course, we all like ragging the chief official of abigcorporation.
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Thisbigcorporationtax is the principal contributory cause of rising prices.
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Abigcorporationdoes not mind risking that to show that it is a go-ahead authority.
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All the work has already been done and nobigcorporationcould possibly depend upon elective auditors.
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Yet thatbigcorporation, with all those facilities and all that capital, lost £60,000 last year on farming.
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Just because it may produce a big player or abigcorporationit is not necessarily wrong for the market or anti-competitive.
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They are getting these wages because they are in the sheltered trades, because they are either municipally employed or employed by somebigcorporation.
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In this instance the law, because it is applied to a gigantic unit, abigcorporation, is almost totally a farce.
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If somebody is unable himself to fight abigcorporation, it means that he is almost certainly entitled to legal aid.
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Some journalists wrote that it was questionable for abigcorporationto mail cash to reporters.
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In particular, in rural areas small private operators with lower overheads may provide for the public interest in much better ways than can abigcorporation.
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In the first case, it is a question of whether a firm orbigcorporationhas the right to give free lunches to the directors and employés of the company.
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Two chemists working in a lab of abigcorporationaccidentally stumble across a love potion while working to create a new aftershave.
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Her efforts will entail standing up to thebigcorporationthat is testing the corn, her employers, and ultimately, her father.
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