incorporate

Make part of

To incorporate is to bring something into a larger whole, making it part of a unified body: The recipe incorporates fresh herbs, We incorporated their feedback into the final design.

The root sense is embodiment—giving something a body or form.

In business, to incorporate is to form a legal corporation, creating an entity that exists independently of its owners.

Incorporated (often abbreviated Inc.) follows company names to indicate this status.

combine

blend

Combine into mixture

amalgamate · unify · meld · synthesize · consolidate · conflate · coalesce · intermingle · intermix · commingle

include

add

Combine into total

build in · work in · fold in · encompass · subsume · contain · absorb · assimilate · embrace · admit

embody

personify

Represent as human

represent · typify · symbolize · express · realize · materialize · incarnate · instantiate · embody · actualize

annex

absorb

Take in fully

assimilate · engulf · take over · swallow up · enfold · consolidate

business

bylaws

Organization's internal regulations

  • shareholderEquity owner in corporation
  • IPOFirst public stock offering
  • S-corpTax-elected small business entity

LLC · board of directors · CEO · fiscal year · equity · dividend · stock · NASDAQ · SEC · fiduciary

Categories
Opposites
inclusion/combination

incorporateexclude

Bar from participation

separate · remove · omit · leave out · detach

legal/business status

incorporatedissolve

Disperse into liquid

liquidate · wind up · close down · unincorporate · deregister

embodiment

incorporatedisembody

Remove from corporeal existence

abstract · spiritualize · dematerialize · etherealize

Phrases
Family

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