Corporation vs. Conglomerate

Corporationnoun

A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

Corporationnoun

(UK) The municipal governing body of a borough or city, in force since 1974 and obsolete except in the City of London.

Corporationnoun

(historical) In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.

Corporationnoun

A protruding belly; a paunch.

Corporationnoun

A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual.

Corporationnoun

a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

Corporationnoun

slang terms for a paunch

Corporation

A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law a legal person in legal context) and recognized as such in law for certain purposes. Early incorporated entities were established by charter (i.e.

Conglomeratenoun

A cluster of heterogeneous things.

Conglomeratenoun

(business) A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.

Conglomeratenoun

(geology) A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix.

Conglomerateadjective

Clustered together into a mass.

Conglomerateadjective

(geology) Composed of fragments of rock, pebbles, or stones cemented together.

Conglomerateverb

(transitive) To combine together into a larger mass.

Conglomerateverb

To combine together into a larger corporation.

Conglomerateadjective

Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.

Conglomerateadjective

Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers.

Conglomerateadjective

Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together.

Conglomeratenoun

That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation.

Conglomeratenoun

A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; - opposed to agglomerate. See Breccia.

Conglomerateverb

To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.

Conglomeratenoun

a composite rock made up of particles of varying size

Conglomeratenoun

a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

Conglomerateverb

collect or gather;

Conglomerateadjective

composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass;

Conglomeratenoun

a thing consisting of a number of different and distinct parts or items that are grouped together

Conglomeratenoun

a large corporation formed by the merging of separate and diverse firms

Conglomeratenoun

a coarse-grained sedimentary rock composed of rounded fragments embedded in a matrix of cementing material such as silica

Conglomerateadjective

relating to a conglomerate, especially a large corporation

Conglomerateverb

gather together into a compact mass

Conglomerateverb

form a conglomerate by merging diverse firms