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  1. What is the difference between 'Corporate' and 'Corporation'?

    Jan 2, 2019 · Corporation is a legal term. A corporation is the legal entity (a non-human legal person) that directly "owns" the corresponding corporate. Semantically, when one talks about …

  2. terminology - What is the proper UK/US business term for the …

    May 23, 2025 · There are plenty of German-English dictionaries available (e.g. LEO). If you want a more precise name for something, you will have to tell us (in English) exactly what the term …

  3. "Principal" vs "owner" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    May 1, 2013 · "Principal" has a specific meaning in the context of commercial law. From Wikipedia: a principal is a person legal or natural–who authorizes an agent to act to create one …

  4. Difference in usage of terms "company" and "firm"

    Apr 28, 2017 · 1 Traditionally, firm has been used for a business that operates as a partnership -- hence law firm, accounting firm, etc. -- and this practice continues with professional trades, …

  5. word choice - "Henceforth" vs. "hereinafter" - English Language

    Jun 6, 2012 · What is the most suitable way to express that a sentence/word will be "replaced by" another sentence/word, from that point (in a text, for instance)? Henceforth called/named...

  6. grammaticality - Are collective nouns (and in particular companies ...

    Jun 15, 2016 · Strictly in all English-speaking countries, all commercial companies, charitable bodies, public authorities and any other kind of corporation corporation are “corporate …

  7. What is the definition of the phrase "unto itself"?

    May 19, 2022 · He is a law unto himself is often condemnatory (he rides roughshod over our laws & conventions), whereas the near-synonymous He is his own man is more likely to be …

  8. Difference between "as regards" and "in regard to"

    Oct 16, 2018 · In my understanding the phrases "as regards" and "in regard to" are interchangeable, but an editor once corrected the former to the latter in my writing. May I ask …

  9. american english - Meaning of "boroughs of New York City"

    Feb 2, 2011 · To me as a Londoner, a borough simply refers to a district with the larger city that has some degree of administrative independence. I believe the usage is fairly similar …

  10. If you are talking "on behalf of" you and someone else, what is the ...

    I looked at a bunch of style guides to see what they have to say on this subject. The vast majority of them dedicate at least a paragraph to the distinction (or nondistinction) between "in behalf …