a large company or group of companies 法人；法人团体；（大）公司；集团公司◆the rise of giant corporations 大公司的崛起➡ see note at company ⨁a big / giant / large / major corporation 大／巨型／大型／大公司⨁a global / multinational / transnational corporation 跨国公司
() ( Corp.) a business organization that has been officially created (incorporated) and is owned by shareholders 股份公司◆the IBM Corporation 国际商业机器公司◆They formed a corporation to buy and develop the property. 他们成立了一家公司做房地产开发和购买业务。⨁to create / form / set up a corporation 创立／成立／建立公司⨁to dissolve / liquidate a corporation 解散／清算公司
a large organization that is created by the government, in order to provide a particular service to the public （政府设立并向公众提供服务的）大型机构，公司◆the British Broadcasting Corporation 英国广播公司
closely held corporation development corporation public corporation