entity

  • 11Entity — An entity is something that has a distinct, separate existence, though it need not be a material existence. In particular, abstractions and legal fictions are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no presumption that an entity… …

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  • 12entity — an individual ( sole trader), partnership, a body corporate, a corporation, an incorporated association or body of persons, a trust or superannuation fund. Glossary of Business Terms * * * entity en‧ti‧ty [ˈentti] noun entities PLURALFORM… …

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  • 13entity — 01. Our planet can be viewed as a living [entity] that we are slowly poisoning through pollution. 02. All the old houses on the street are being sold as a single [entity] for commercial development of the land. 03. The Soviet Union as a political …

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  • 14entity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ discrete, distinct, independent, separate, single ▪ Church and empire were fused in a single entity. ▪ basic ▪ …

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  • 15entity — A real being; existence. An organization or being that possesses separate existence for tax purposes. Examples would be corporations, partnerships, estates and trusts. The accounting entity for which accounting statements are prepared may not be… …

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  • 16entity — A real being; existence. An organization or being that possesses separate existence for tax purposes. Examples would be corporations, partnerships, estates and trusts. The accounting entity for which accounting statements are prepared may not be… …

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  • 17entity —    Atermusedinparapsychologytodenotea human or humanoid figure that features in a veridical hallucination. In this context the real person depicted in the hallucination is called the apparent, and the experience as a whole an entity experience.… …

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  • 18entity — en|ti|ty [ˈentıti] n plural entities [Date: 1500 1600; : Medieval Latin; Origin: entitas, from Latin ens thing that exists , from esse to be ] formal something that exists as a single and complete unit →↑being ▪ The mind exists as a separate… …

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  • 19entity — [[t]e̱ntɪti[/t]] entities N COUNT: usu supp N An entity is something that exists separately from other things and has a clear identity of its own. [FORMAL] ...the earth as a living entity... North and South will remain separate entities within a… …

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  • 20entity — noun 1) a single entity Syn: being, creature, individual, organism, life form; person; body, object, article, thing 2) the distinction between entity and nonentity Syn: existence, be …

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