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corporates

corporates is the plural of corporate.

corporates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of corporate.

Meaning of corporate

Noun

corporate (countable and uncountable, plural corporates)

  1. A bond issued by an institution.
    • So-called junk corporates and emerging-market debt remain generally out of favor.2009 January 11, Robert D. Hershey Jr., “Look Past 2008 Stars for Gains in Bonds”, in New York Times
  2. 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.2013, Simon Dunmore, Actors' Yearbook 2014
  3. (countable) An institution that franchises, as opposed to an individual franchise.
    • McDonald's corporate issued a new policy today.
  4. (countable) An institution or group.
  5. (informal, uncountable) The higher managerial echelons of an institution.
    • it came down from corporate

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Phrases with corporates

Questions about corporates

What is corporates the plural of?
Corporates is the plural of corporate.

Words near corporates in the dictionary

  1. corporate welfare bums
  2. corporate-speak
  3. corporated
  4. corporately
  5. corporateness
  6. corporates
  7. corporatese
  8. corporatespeak
  9. corporatewide
  10. corporatey
  11. corporating

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