corporate entity

collocation in English

meaningsofcorporateandentity

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corporate
adjective
uk
/ˈkɔː.pər.ət/us
/ˈkɔːr.pɚ.ət/
relating to a ...
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entity
noun[C]
uk
/ˈen.tɪ.ti/us
/ˈen.t̬ə.t̬i/
something that exists apart from other things, having its own ...
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(Definition ofcorporateandentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcorporate entity

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In this sense, the ie was acorporateentity.
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Each is a moral agent concerned not only for its immediate self-interest but also with the preservation and well-being of thecorporateentity.
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But healthcare as an industry is too vulnerable and responsive to extra-market influences to behave like a traditionalcorporateentity.
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While the newcorporateentitymight have a transnational presence and interests, it was not one in which personal ties predominated.
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We are not dealing here with individuals, but with acorporateentity, the local authority.
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I feel that thecorporateentityof a limited liability company is just as good as that which is proposed at the moment.
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People insisted that one could not buy a leasehold or hold a head lease unless it was through acorporateentity—meaning a company.
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Every effort must indeed be made to return to more localised control, creating a morecorporateentity, staff loyalty and sense of unity.
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In such cases, thecorporateentityusually remains.
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All the directors are appointed by the council, but nevertheless it is a separatecorporateentityand as such it has separate accounting procedures.
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Bringing home an offence to any member of acorporateentitylike a limited company is often difficult.
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The company is acorporateentityconsisting not only of shareholders but of workers and managers.
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One must bear in mind also that the mechanism of being able to trade as acorporateentityis an extremely attractive privilege.
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That recognises the reality that wealth is created by a body as acorporateentity.
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That is entirely different from the position that we are contemplating, which is the creation of an entirely new and differentcorporateentity.
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A company, though it may be acorporateentity, must not be regarded as a broad and lucrative back which can be shaved at will.
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There is a realcorporateentityabout a university in which one factor is university representation.
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That produces the result that the union would become an incorporated body, acorporateentity.
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We are trying to encourage the village itself to remain as acorporateentity.
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Acorporateentitysuch as a local authority is a continuing body, a corporation, although it may change hands in political terms.
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