comingling

Merging into one

Comingling is mixing things together that are normally or properly kept separate.

The term appears most often in legal and financial contexts: comingling client funds with personal accounts violates professional ethics; comingling assets can complicate divorce proceedings.

The word carries a slight note of impropriety—things comingled probably shouldn't be.

Also spelled commingling.

mixing

blending

Combining into uniformity

amalgamating · merging · melding · interweaving · fusing · pooling · converging · integrating · incorporating · homogenizing

financial

funds

Available financial resources

fiduciary · misappropriation · embezzlement · trust accounts · escrow · portfolio · capital · transactions · audit · compliance

social

interaction

Reciprocal action between parties

socializing · integration · desegregation · cohabitation · coexistence · multicultural · intermarriage · congregation · fellowship · gathering

Opposites
mixing vs. separating

cominglingseparating

Dividing into parts

segregating · dividing · isolating · sorting · partitioning

integration vs. isolation

cominglingsegregation

Forced separation by group

separation · isolation · sequestration · seclusion · exclusion

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G