corporate

corporate
cor‧po‧rate AC /ˈkɔːpərət, ˈkɔːpərɪt $ ˈkɔːr-/ adjective [only before noun]1. belonging to or relating to a corporation:
    The company is moving its corporate headquarters (=main offices) from New York to Houston.
    Vince is vice-president of corporate communications.
    Corporate America is not about to be converted to the environmentalist cause.
    changing the corporate culture (=the way that people in a corporation think and behave) to accept family-friendly policies
    an advertising campaign intended to reinforce our corporate identity (=the way a company presents itself to the public)
    the yacht can be hired for corporate hospitality (=entertainment provided by companies for their customers)
2. shared by or involving all the members of a group:
    corporate responsibility
3. used to describe a group of organizations that form a single group:
    The university is a corporate body made up of several different colleges.
—corporately adverb
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ nouns
   ▪ corporate profits U.S. corporate profits were higher than analysts predicted.
   ▪ corporate culture (=the way the people in a big company think and behave) A company should trust its employees and have an open corporate culture.
   ▪ the corporate sector (=the area of business involving big companies) The UK corporate sector is highly competitive.
   ▪ the corporate world After 15 years, I really wanted to escape the corporate world.
   ▪ corporate finance (=the area of finance relating to the money big companies need to run their businesses) I was trying to get a job in corporate finance.
   ▪ corporate planning/strategy (=the activity of planning what a big company needs to do to succeed) Roche is the man in charge of corporate planning.
   ▪ corporate identity/image (=the way a company presents itself to the public) Our new logo is part of the process of developing our corporate identity.
   ▪ corporate executives/managers (=who work for big companies) highly paid corporate executives
   ▪ corporate clients/customers (=clients that are companies) It's a big investment bank that serves mainly corporate clients.
   ▪ corporate hospitality (=entertainment provided by companies for their customers) The castle can also be hired for corporate hospitality.
   ▪ corporate power the growth of corporate power
   ▪ corporate structure (=the way in which the parts of a big company are organized) The company has a new corporate structure and a new management.