corporation
Chartered legal person
A corporation is a business entity legally separate from its owners, who hold shares of ownership.
This structure shields shareholders from personal liability—if the corporation fails, they lose only their investment.
Corporations can own property, enter contracts, and sue or be sued in their own name.
She works for a large corporation.
The word often carries connotations of impersonal bigness: faceless corporations, corporate greed.
Commercial enterprise or guests
- firmSolid or resolute
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- LLCHybrid business entity abbreviation
- partnershipShared business arrangement
venture · franchise · commerce · industry · organization · entity · charter · articles
One seller, no substitutes
- oligopolyFew firms dominate market
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- bailoutEmergency aid preventing bankruptcy
lobbying · corruption · tax evasion · greenwashing · layoffs · union busting · profiteering · corporatocracy
Partitioned office workspace
- headquartersCentral command location
- HREmployee management department
- employeeHired organizational member
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
hierarchy · department · memo · mission statement · values · dress code · team building · performance review
Business owning other businesses
- subsidiariesCompanies owned by another
- mergersCorporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- parent companyFirm owning subsidiary businesses
diversified · portfolio · synergy · empire · consortium · vertical integration · spinoff · divestiture
Business income total
- earningsMoney gained from work
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
capital · profit · quarterly · fiscal · IPO · stock · bonds · valuation
Governing body of organization
- CEOTop corporate officer
- executivesSenior corporate officers
- officersThose holding authority
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
compliance · oversight · bylaws · proxy · annual meeting · audit committee · accountability · transparency
Worldwide economic and cultural integration
- headquartersCentral command location
- branchesLimbs of trees
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
transnational · offshore · outsourcing · supply chain · exports · imports · foreign subsidiary · regional offices
One who begins something
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- seed fundingInitial startup capital infusion
angel investor · bootstrap · pitch deck · equity · scaling · disruptive · pivot · Series A
company
Commercial enterprise or guests
- firmSolid or resolute
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- LLCHybrid business entity abbreviation
partnership · venture · franchise · commerce · industry · organization · entity · charter · articles · bylaws
monopoly
One seller, no substitutes
- oligopolyFew firms dominate market
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- exploitationSelfish use of others
bailout · lobbying · corruption · tax evasion · greenwashing · layoffs · union busting · profiteering · corporatocracy · accountability
cubicle
Partitioned office workspace
- headquartersCentral command location
- HREmployee management department
- employeeHired organizational member
management · hierarchy · department · memo · mission statement · values · dress code · team building · performance review · onboarding
holding company
Business owning other businesses
- subsidiariesCompanies owned by another
- mergersCorporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
parent company · diversified · portfolio · synergy · empire · consortium · vertical integration · spinoff · divestiture · takeover
revenue
Business income total
- earningsMoney gained from work
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
equity · capital · profit · quarterly · fiscal · IPO · stock · bonds · valuation · assets
board of directors
Governing body of organization
- CEOTop corporate officer
- executivesSenior corporate officers
- officersThose holding authority
fiduciary · compliance · oversight · bylaws · proxy · annual meeting · audit committee · accountability · transparency · stakeholders
globalization
Worldwide economic and cultural integration
- headquartersCentral command location
- branchesLimbs of trees
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
international · transnational · offshore · outsourcing · supply chain · exports · imports · foreign subsidiary · regional offices · trade
founder
One who begins something
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
seed funding · angel investor · bootstrap · pitch deck · equity · scaling · disruptive · pivot · Series A · unicorn
- business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
- entrepreneurshipentrepreneur, startup, founder, co-founder, cofounder
- business empirestycoon, mogul, magnate, conglomerate, monopoly
- business typesbig business, business, sole proprietorship, partnership, nonprofit
- business venturesventure, startup, franchise, enterprise, investment
- businessesbusiness, company, bank, bakery, enterprise
corporationsole proprietorship
Unincorporated individual-owned business
sole trader · freelancer · independent contractor · partnership · cottage industry
corporationindividual
One separate human being
small business · cottage industry · artisan · craftsperson · startup
corporationindividual
One separate human being
person · private citizen · human being · natural person · isolation
- shell corporationsLegally registered but inactive businesses
- nonprofit corporationEntity barred from distributing surplus
- public corporationsEnterprises owned by the state
- multinational corporationBusiness operating in many countries
- faceless corporation
- Acme CorporationFictional product company
incorporation, corporations, incorporating, corporatism, reincorporation, reincorporating