The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word CORPORATION
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More clues leading to the result CORPORATION
- Fat tummy, big concern
- Chapter on poor reorganisation helping large firm
- Company expanded central reserves?
- My work is about helping big business
- Evidence of excess in big business?
- Officer almost into rebuilding firm
- Chapter on exploitation of poor helping large firm
- Large company gathering in a root crop
- Statesman’s concern with extra weight carried?
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The straight part
We know that "Company/expanded central reserves?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case company/expanded central reserves? = corporation.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CORPORATION mean?
CORPORATION noun- 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.
- The municipal governing body of a borough or city.
- In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.
- A protruding belly; a paunch.