a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state
"The new tech corp announced its plans to expand into three additional states next quarter."
Alternative form of corp.
"In his old college yearbook, he signed his name as Mike Corp instead of Michael Corporation."
In plain English: A corp is short for corporation, which is a big business company that makes money by selling products or services to people.
"The new tech corp announced plans to expand into renewable energy."
Usage: Use "corp" only in informal contexts to shorten words like "corps" (a group) or "corporation." In standard writing, always spell out the full word rather than using this abbreviation.
A surname.
"The local community center is hosting a bake sale to support the Corp family's new business venture."
Corp is an abbreviation from Latin corpus, meaning "body." It was adopted into English as a shortened form of corporation to denote a business entity or organization.