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incorporated

UK/ɪŋˈkɔːpəɹeɪtɪd//ɪŋˈkɔɹpəɹeɪtɪd/

incorporated adjective: being a type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares. A shareholder has no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of the shareholder are limited to the value of the stock turning to zero in the case of a bankruptcy. Also the simple past and past participle of incorporate.

Adjective

incorporated (not comparable)

  1. (US) Being a type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares. A shareholder has no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of the shareholder are limited to the value of the stock turning to zero in the case of a bankruptcy.
    • incorporated body
    • incorporated association

Also used as

incorporated is also the simple past and past participle of incorporate.

Examples of incorporated in a sentence

  • The architect incorporated a lunule design into the arched windows of the cathedral.
  • Sand has been incorporated to make the soil more friable.
  • The band incorporated symphonic elements into their rock music.

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Questions about incorporated

What does incorporated mean?
Incorporated means being a type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares. A shareholder has no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of the shareholder are limited to the value of the stock turning to zero in the case of a bankruptcy.
What part of speech is incorporated?
Incorporated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce incorporated?
Incorporated is pronounced /ɪŋˈkɔːpəɹeɪtɪd/ (UK).

Words near incorporated in the dictionary

  1. incorporal
  2. incorporalities
  3. incorporality
  4. incorporally
  5. incorporate
  6. incorporated
  7. incorporated companies
  8. incorporated company
  9. incorporated place
  10. incorporated places
  11. incorporatedness

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