different between union vs corporation

English

Etymology

From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju?n.j?n/, /?ju?.ni.?n/

Noun

union (countable and uncountable, plural unions)

1. (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
2. (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
3. (countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
4. (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
5. (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
6. (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
7. (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
8. (countable) The act or state of marriage.
9. (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
10. (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
11. (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
12. (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.

Synonyms

• junction, coalition, combination

Derived terms

Related terms

• reunion
• reunification
• unify
• unity

Translations

Verb

union (third-person singular simple present unions, present participle unioning, simple past and past participle unioned)

1. To combine sets using the union operation.

See also

• intersection
• Wikipedia article about unions in set theory

Anagrams

• iunno

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uni?o?n/

Noun

union c (singular definite unionen, plural indefinite unioner)

1. union

Inflection

Derived terms

• personalunion
• realunion

Further reading

• “union” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “union” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”). Doublet of unie.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u?ni?on

Noun

union m (plural unions)

1. (US, obsolete) A trade union.

   Synonyms: syndicaat, vakbond

Esperanto

Noun

union

1. accusative singular of unio

French

Etymology

From Old French union, borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.nj??/

Noun

union f (plural unions)

1. union

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? German: Union

Further reading

• “union” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Noun

union f (plural unions)

1. union

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Noun

union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unioner, definite plural unionene)

1. union (of a political nature)

Derived terms

• Sovjetunionen

References

• “union” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “union” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??u?n/

Noun

union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unionar, definite plural unionane)

1. union (a political entity consisting of two or more state that are united)

2. (mathematics) union (the set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.)

Derived terms

• Sovjetunionen

References

• “union” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

Noun

union f (plural unions)

1. union

Related terms

• unir

References

• "union" in Dicod'òc

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Proper noun

union f (nominative singular union)

1. Trinity (God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit)

Synonyms

• Trinité

Descendants

• English: union
• French: union

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish unión, ultimately from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Noun

union

1. union

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• üniun

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y?nju?/

Noun

union f (plural union)

1. union

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

Noun

union c

1. union (a body with many members)

Declension

Derived terms

• unionsupplösning

See also

• fackförening
• federation
• förbund
• förening
• kår
• studentkår

Further reading

• union in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Venetian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?njo?/

Noun

union f (invariable)

1. union

Related terms

• unir

Welsh

Etymology

un (“one”) +? iawn (“right, correct”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nj?n/

  Note: Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /?/ in all parts of Wales.

Adjective

union (feminine singular union, plural union, equative unioned, comparative unionach, superlative unionaf)

1. exact

Derived terms

• unioni (“to straighten; to rectify, to redress”)

Mutation

English

Etymology

From Late Latin corporatio (“assumption of a body”), from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to form into a body”); see corporate.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??p???e???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??p???e???n/

Noun

corporation (plural corporations)

1. 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.
2. The municipal governing body of a borough or city.
3. (historical) In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.
4. (slang, dated, humorous) A protruding belly (perhaps a play on the word corpulence).

   Synonym: paunch

   • 1918, Katherine Mansfield, ‘Prelude’, Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, page 91:

     'You'd be surprised,' said Stanley, as though this were intensely interesting, 'at the number of chaps at the club who have got a corporation.'

   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 316:

     He was a big chap with a corporation already, and a flat face rather like Dora's, and he had a thin black moustache.

   • 2001, Jamie O’Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, London: Scribner, Part 2, Chapter 20, p. 620,^[2]

     The sergeant was a goner. There was only one way to save him, and he threw himself on top, hurling the man to the ground. He lay covering his corporation with as much as his body and limbs would allow.

Derived terms

• British Broadcasting Corporation
• corporation tax

Hyponyms

• (body corporate): public limited company (UK)

Related terms

• corporate
• incorporate

Translations

Further reading

• corporation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• corporation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

corporation f (plural corporations)

1. corporation
2. guild