A form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body.

(idiomatic, UK) Water, specifically drinking water supplied by a public utility company.

(law) The principle of a corporation being a separate legal person from its members (ie. shareholders).

(law) A business entity that is treated as a corporation for certain purposes despite its failure to meet all of the formal requirements imposed by law for a corporation to exist.

plural of de facto corporation

plural of corporation

The principle or practice of corporate action; (in later use chiefly) specifically, a political ideology which advocates for government and social organization by collective interest groups.

plural of corporatism

the official seal of a corporation

The process of transforming state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations / The imposition of corporate values or practices; commercialization