incorporation

Forming a company

Incorporation is the act of bringing something into a larger whole: The recipe calls for the incorporation of butter into the flour.

In law, incorporation is the process of forming a legal corporation—a business entity separate from its owners: After incorporation, the company could issue stock.

In U.S. constitutional law, incorporation refers to applying Bill of Rights protections to state governments through the Fourteenth Amendment.

assimilation

acculturation

Adopting another group's customs

adaptation · socialization · enculturation · inclusion · absorption · amalgamation · conformity · adjustment · mainstreaming · belonging

combination

integration

Combining into a whole

synthesis · unification · amalgamation · consolidation · coalescence · melding · mixing · embedding · interweaving · addition

legal

bylaws

Organization's internal regulations

jurisdiction · compliance · board of directors · corporate law · legal entity · corporate structure · filing · secretary of state · shareholder · statutes

absorption

uptake

Absorption or understanding

infusion · saturation · soaking · osmosis · engulfing · integration · embedding

business

LLC

Hybrid business entity abbreviation

IPO · charter · shares · stockholder · capitalization · subsidiary · holding · franchise · enterprise · conglomerate

Categories
Opposites
inclusion/combination

incorporationexclusion

Being barred from participation

expulsion · omission · removal · separation · rejection

unity/integration

incorporationseparation

State of being apart

division · fragmentation · disintegration · disaggregation · dismemberment

legal/business entity formation

incorporationdissolution

Breaking up completely

disincorporation · liquidation · disbanding · winding up · termination

Phrases
Family

incorporating, incorporations

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