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corporate welfare bums

corporate welfare bums is the plural of corporate welfare bum.

Meaning of corporate welfare bum

Noun

corporate welfare bum (plural corporate welfare bums)

  1. (Canada, derogatory, idiomatic) A business corporation or business executive receiving significant financial assistance from government sources.
    • [A]nother $8 million went to keep alive Quebecair, a corporate welfare bum if ever there was one.1983 April 29, "End welfare dithering," Montreal Gazette (Canada), p. B-2 (retrieved 9 Nov 2015)

Questions about corporate welfare bums

What is corporate welfare bums the plural of?
Corporate welfare bums is the plural of corporate welfare bum.

Words near corporate welfare bums in the dictionary

  1. corporate university
  2. corporate veil
  3. corporate veils
  4. corporate welfare
  5. corporate welfare bum
  6. corporate welfare bums
  7. corporate-speak
  8. corporated
  9. corporately
  10. corporateness
  11. corporates

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