Definition of Corporation

Corporal

CORPORATION noun

	An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Corsair

Regular definition:

CORPORATION:
?k?:p??re???n n. 1 a group of people authorized to act as an individual and recognized in law as a single entity, esp. in business. 2 the municipal authorities of a borough, town, or city. 3 joc. a protruding stomach. [LL corporatio (as CORPORATE)]

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