incorporation

American  

[in-kawr-puh-rey-shuhn] / ɪnˌkɔr pəˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act of incorporating incorporate or the state of being incorporated. incorporate. incorporated.

2. the act of forming a legal corporation.

3. Grammar. the inclusion of the object or object reference within the inflected verb form, a type of word-formation frequent in American Indian languages.

4. Psychoanalysis. the adoption of the views or characteristics of others, occurring in children as part of learning and maturation and in adults as a defense mechanism.

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Other Word Forms

• interincorporation noun
• preincorporation noun
• reincorporation noun

Etymology

Origin of incorporation

1350–1400; Middle English incorporacioun < Late Latin incorporātiōn- (stem of incorporātiō ), equivalent to incorporāt ( us ) ( incorporate ¹ ) + -iōn -ion

Example Sentences

Momentum is growing for something called the “28th regime”: A single pan-EU law governing business incorporation to operate alongside the existing 27 different national rules, vastly simplifying business formation.

From The Wall Street Journal

He envisages huge efficiency gains to be derived from its incorporation into business operations and practices.

From MarketWatch

“Importantly, the incorporation of updated models is improving the relevance of answers, which we view as a further tailwind to engagement.”

From Barron's

Migration responds to wage differences and the perceived probability of eventual incorporation.

From The Wall Street Journal

These traits made the state the one-stop shop for major company incorporations—which have brought in more than $1 billion in annual revenue to the state.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• unification
• unionization