corp

1. associated with:

   • greenmail - (corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business
   • judgement in personam, judgment in personam, personal judgement, personal judgment - a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages
   • case study - a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure
   • event planner - someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials)
   • dead hand, mortmain - real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)
   • redemption - repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
   • zero coupon bond, zero-coupon bond - a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security
   is a type of: business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
   subtypes:

   • conglomerate, empire - a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
   • large cap - a corporation with a large capitalization
   • small cap - a corporation with a small capitalization
   • close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation, privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market
   • closely held corporation - stock is publicly traded but most is held by a few shareholders who have no plans to sell
   • shell corporation, shell entity - a company that is incorporated but has no assets or operations
   • fdic, federal deposit insurance corporation - a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions
   • federal home loan mortgage corporation, fhlmc, freddie mac - a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages
   • fannie mae, federal national mortgage association, fnma - a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages
   • boy scouts of america - a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training
   same as: corporation

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