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| Main Entry: | corporation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business organization, usually large |
| Synonyms: | association, bunch, business, clan, company, crew, crowd, enterprise, gang, jungle*, mob, multinational, outfit, partnership, ring, shell, society, syndicate, zoo, corporate body, hookup, legal entity, megacorp, octopus* |
| Notes: | a corporation is the name used in the United States for a business association established by one or more people who later sell shares in the corporation to investors; in a partnership, there are one or more owners who share jointly in the profits, liability |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abdomen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the stomach and area directly below in an animate being |
| Synonyms: | bay window*, belly, bowels, corporation, gut*, guts, intestines, middle, paunch, pot*, potbelly*, spare tire*, tummy, viscera, breadbasket, midriff, midsection, venter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | belly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stomach |
| Synonyms: | abdomen, bay window*, corporation*, gut, insides, intestines, paunch, pot*, spare tire*, tank, tummy, beer belly, breadbasket, front porch, pelvis, pot belly, solar plexus, venter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cartel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group which shares business interest |
| Synonyms: | bunch*, chain, combine, conglomerate, corporation, crew*, crowd*, gang*, mob*, monopoly, multinational*, outfit*, pool, ring*, syndicate, trust, consortium, holding company, megacorp, plunderbund |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | employer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, business who hires |
| Synonyms: | big shot*, boss, businessperson, capitalist, chief, company, corporation, director, entrepreneur, establishment, executive, firm, front office, head, juice*, management, manager, manufacturer, meal ticket*, organization, outfit, overseer, owner, patron, president, proprietor, superintendent, supervisor, CEO, CO, head honcho, kingpin, slavedriver, workers big cheese |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | firm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business |
| Synonyms: | association, bunch, company, concern, conglomerate, corporation, crew, crowd, enterprise, gang, house, mob, multinational, organization, outfit, partnership, ring, megacorp |
| Main Entry: | guild |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association, fellowship |
| Synonyms: | club, company, corporation, federation, group, interest group, league, lodge, order, organization, profession, society, sodality, trade, union |
| Main Entry: | partnership |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance; participation |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, assistance, association, band, body, brotherhood, business, cahoots*, cartel, clique, club, combination, combine, community, companionship, company, conglomerate, conjunction, connection, cooperation, cooperative, corporation, coterie, crew, faction, firm, fraternity, friendship, gang, help, house, interest, lodge, mob, organization, ownership, party, ring, sharing, sisterhood, society, sorority, togetherness, union, chumminess, consociation, hookup, joining, tie-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | potbelly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large stomach |
| Synonyms: | bay window*, belly, corporation, gut, paunch, pot*, spare tire*, tummy, beer belly, beer gut, fat stomach, middle-age spread, pot belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spare tire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extra fat around waistline |
| Synonyms: | bay window, corporation, love handles, potbelly, beerbelly, breadbasket, extra tire |
| Main Entry: | manufacturer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maker |
| Synonyms: | builder, business, company, corporation, craftsman, operator, constructor, fabricator, producer |
| Main Entry: | association |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group with common interest or pursuit |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, company, confederacy, congress, cooperative, corporation, crew, crowd, family, federation, fellowship, fraternity, gang, guild, league, mob, order, organization, outfit, partnership, pool, ring, society, sodality, sorority, syndicate, tribe, troupe, union, zoo, combo, confederation, hookup, rat pack, tie-in, tie-up, troops |
| Main Entry: | concern |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | affair, burden, care, charge, company, corporation, deportment, entanglement, enterprise, establishment, field, firm, house, interest, involvement, job, jungle*, matter, mission, multinational, occupation, organization, outfit, task, thing, transaction, worry, zoo, megacorp, shooting match |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | industry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manufacturing |
| Synonyms: | business, commerce, corporation, management, mob, monopoly, multinational, outfit*, production, trade, traffic, big business, commercial enterprise, manufactory, megacorp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | company, enterprise |
| Synonyms: | cartel, concern, corporation, establishment, factory, firm, house, institution, market, mill, monopoly, organization, outfit, partnership, setup, shop, store, syndicate, trust, venture, Mom and Pop, fly-by-night operation, megacorp, shoestring operation |
| Main Entry: | company |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business concern |
| Synonyms: | association, business, concern, corporation, enterprise, establishment, firm, house, multinational, outfit, partnership, syndicate, megacorp |
| Main Entry: | establishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business, institution |
| Synonyms: | abode, building, company, concern, corporation, enterprise, factory, firm, foundation, house, institute, office, organization, outfit, plant, quarters, residence, setup, structure, system, workplace |
| Main Entry: | foundation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | established institution |
| Synonyms: | association, charity, company, corporation, endowment, establishment, guild, inauguration, institute, organization, plantation, settlement, society, set-up, trusteeship |
| Main Entry: | organization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group bound by interest/work/ goal |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, aggregation, alliance, association, band, body, business, cartel, circle, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, company, concern, concord, cooperative, corporation, coterie, crew, establishment, federation, fraternity, guild, house, industry, institute, institution, league, lodge, machine, monopoly, order, outfit, party, profession, set, society, sodality, sorority, squad, syndicate, team, trade, troupe, trust, union, confederation, consortium |
| Main Entry: | society |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization, institution |
| Synonyms: | alliance, association, circle, clan, clique, club, companionship, corporation, coterie, gang, group, guild, institute, league, network, order, outfit, ring, sodality, syndicate, union, comradeship, hookup, tie-in, tie-up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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