corporation

企業、大企業

複数の会社から成ることもある、大きな事業組織。

やさしい英語で： A large business, sometimes made up of several companies.

• She works for a large corporation.
• Several corporations opened offices here.
• The corporation employs thousands of people worldwide.

類義語： company, business

よく使う表現： large corporation, multinational corporation, a global corporation

法人

法律上、構成員とは別に独自の権利と義務を持つ組織。

やさしい英語で： An organization that the law treats as separate from its members, with its own rights and duties.

• They formed a corporation to own the property.
• A corporation can enter contracts in its own name.
• The law treats the corporation separately from its members.

類義語： body corporate

よく使う表現： form a corporation, registered corporation, legal corporation