public corporation

pub·lic cor·po·ra·tion

P p

Definitions of public corporation words

noun public corporation a corporation, owned and operated by a government, established for the administration of certain public programs. 1
noun public corporation municipal corporation. 1
noun public corporation a large private corporation with many shares, which are sold to the public or traded on a stock exchange. 1
noun public corporation (in Britain) an organization established to run a nationalized industry or state-owned enterprise. The chairman and board members are appointed by a government minister, and the government has overall control 0

before 1820

One of the 38% newest English words

First recorded in 1820-30

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Was this page helpful?

Yes No

Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page

Tell us why?