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Mostly praise corporation over being member-owned (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mutual

'member-owned' is the definition.
(financial term)

'mostly praise corporation over' is the wordplay.
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'praise' becomes 'laud' (lauding is a kind of praising).
'corporation' becomes 'tum' (I've seen this before).
'over' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'laud' with its last letter removed is 'lau'.
'lau'+'tum'='lautum'
'lautum' in reverse letter order is 'MUTUAL'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for mutual that I've seen before include "like Dickens's friend?" , "Joint < commonly" , "Given and returned" , "Felt by each towards the other, like friendship" , "Reciprocal or shared, like friendship" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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