corporate

C1 · Advanced Formal

adj. shared by all the members of a group.

adj. belonging to or shared by a group as a whole; collective.

“The staff has a corporate responsibility to keep the office clean.”

“The success of the project was a result of the corporate effort of the entire research department over the last decade.”

C1 · Advanced Informal

adj. describing something that feels boring, plain, or too professional, like it was made by a big company.

adj. characterised by a lack of personality or originality; sterile and inoffensive in a way associated with large organisations.

“The new hotel lobby feels a bit too corporate and cold for my taste.”

“Critics argued that the artist's new style was too corporate, lacking the raw energy that had defined her earlier work.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Finance Technical

n. a type of investment where you lend money to a large company.

n. a debt security issued by a corporation to raise capital.

“He decided to invest his savings in high-yield corporates.”

“The portfolio manager increased the fund's exposure to investment-grade corporates as interest rates began to stabilize.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Uncountable noun Informal

n. the high-level managers or the main office of a large company.

n. the senior management or the central administrative department of a corporation.

“We need to get approval from corporate before we can hire more staff.”

“The local branch managers often feel that corporate is out of touch with the daily challenges faced by retail employees.”