corporate

adj

1. Of or relating to the whole company.

   “The one on Seventh Street is a corporate franchise.”

   “But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.”

   “Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.”

2. Formed into a company; incorporated.
3. Unified into one body; collective.

   “the corporate authorship of the working group”

   “They answer in a joint and corporate voice.”

4. (colloquial)Soulless and inoffensive; sanitized and sterile, like a design from a large corporation.

   “It's not that their interior decorating is horrible; it's just that, well, it's so corporate.”

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A bond issued by the company.

   “So-called junk corporates and emerging-market debt remain generally out of favor.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience.

   “Currently there are 19 members, who are all in Spotlight and belong to Equity. Areas of work include theatre, musicals, television, film, commercials, corporates and voiceovers.”

3. (countable)A company that franchises, as opposed to an individual franchise.

   “McDonald's corporate issued a new policy today.”

4. (countable)A company or group.
5. (informal, uncountable)The higher managerial echelons of a corporation.

   “it came down from corporate”

   “The work could be rewarding, but corporate is micro-managing everything.”

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive)To incorporate.

   “This hospital of Savoy was again new founded, erected, corporated , and endowed with lands by Queen Mary”

2. (intransitive, obsolete)To become incorporated.