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corporate

/ˈkoɹ.pə.ɹət/
adjectivenoun

The corporate meaning includes an institution or business bond; CORPORATE is nine letters and scores 13 Scrabble points.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 4 meanings

  1. Of or relating to an institution; institutional.

    “The one on Seventh Street is a corporate franchise.”

  2. Formed into a institution; incorporated.

  3. Unified into one body; collective.

    “the corporate authorship of the working group”

  4. Soulless and inoffensive; sanitized and sterile, like a design from an institution.

    “It's not that their interior decorating is horrible; it's just that, well, it's so corporate.”

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A bond issued by an institution.

  2. A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience.

  3. An institution that franchises, as opposed to an individual franchise.

    “McDonald's corporate issued a new policy today.”

  4. An institution or group.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1429, the noun in 1849; from Middle English corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical, embodied; (participle/participial adjective) incorporated; corporated, constituted as a legal corporation”, used as the past participle of corporaten), from Latin corporātus, perfect passive participle of corporō (“to make into a body”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from corpus (“body”, oblique stem in corp-) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

CORPORATE looks familiar as an adjective, but its recorded senses here are nouns: a bond issued by an institution, a business training film, or an institution or group. Its repeated O and R do not create any anagrams, and just two words differ from it by one letter. Those quirks make the spelling more interesting than its everyday use suggests.

CORPORATE at a glance

  • CORPORATE has nine letters and is worth 13 Scrabble points.
  • Its letters sort to ACEOOPRRT, with two O tiles and two R tiles.
  • No anagrams are recorded for CORPORATE.
  • Only two one-letter neighbours are listed: CORPORale and PORPORATE.
  • It is a common word, ranking 2,232nd among English words by frequency.

Corporate meaning and word use

The corporate meaning given by Wiktionary is a noun sense, not just the familiar adjective describing a company. One sense is a bond issued by an institution; another is a short film made for internal business use, such as training.

The definition also includes an institution that franchises rather than an individual franchise, and an institution or group. That range is unusual for a word many players first meet as an adjective. If you need the everyday adjective sense, this definition alone does not explain it.

How much is CORPORATE worth in Scrabble?

CORPORATE scores 13 points before board bonuses. C and P are each worth three points; the other seven tiles are worth one apiece. The pair of O tiles and pair of R tiles add no extra premium, so the two three-point consonants supply most of the base score.

The spelling has no anagrams, but it does share the ending sound in 12 listed rhymes. STATE, LATE, DATE, CREATE, and SEPARATE all match the final “ate” sound. Its only one-letter neighbours are CORPORale and PORPORATE, so ordinary-looking alternatives are scarce.

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One letter away

Change one letter, keep the rest
  • CORPORALE13
  • PORPORATE13

Questions people ask

What does corporate mean?
Corporate has several recorded noun senses: a bond issued by an institution, a short film made for internal business use, an institution that franchises, or an institution or group. The familiar adjective sense describing something related to a company is not included in this definition.
How many anagrams does corporate have?
CORPORATE has no recorded anagrams. Its letters include two O tiles and two R tiles, but rearranging all nine letters does not produce another listed word. The two close spellings are one-letter neighbours, not anagrams.
What is the Scrabble score for corporate?
CORPORATE is worth 13 points before premium squares. The C and P are worth three points each, while the remaining seven letters score one point apiece. A letter or word bonus on the board changes the final play score.

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