corporate

Connected with a company or other large organization.

• She works in corporate finance.
• The bank offers services to corporate clients.
• They discussed the new corporate strategy.

Similar words: business, company, institutional

Common phrases: corporate finance, corporate clients, corporate strategy

Looking or feeling dull and impersonal, like something designed by a large organization.

• The lobby feels very corporate.
• They replaced the warm colors with a corporate design.
• I found the hotel too corporate and impersonal.

Similar words: impersonal, bland, soulless

Common phrases: corporate look, corporate feel, corporate decor

Shared by a whole group acting together as one.

• The committee accepted corporate responsibility for the decision.
• The book reflects the corporate authorship of the research group.
• Their corporate action expressed a shared purpose.

Similar words: collective, joint

Opposites: individual

Common phrases: corporate responsibility, corporate action, corporate authorship

The senior managers who make decisions for a company or organization.

• Corporate wants us to cut costs.
• The order came directly from corporate.
• We need approval from corporate before hiring anyone.

Similar words: senior management, head office

Common phrases: from corporate, corporate wants something, ask corporate

The main company that controls a chain of businesses run by separate owners.

• Corporate owns the brand and licenses it to local owners.
• Each franchise pays fees to corporate.
• The local owner asked corporate for permission to change the menu.

Similar words: parent company, franchisor

Common phrases: from corporate, corporate policy, contact corporate