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incorporation(n.)

14世纪晚期, incorporacioun,“将物质结合的行为或过程; 光线或水分的吸收”,源自古法语 incorporacion 或直接源自拉丁语 incorporationem(主格 incorporatio),“具体化,实体化”,动名词,来自 incorporare 的过去分词词干,“将多个物体合并为一个”(参见 incorporate(v.))。指“通过联合人员形成一个人工人体(如公会)的公司形成”,始于15世纪初。

Incorporation, n. The act of uniting several persons into one fiction called a corporation, in order that they may be no longer responsible for their actions. A, B and C are a corporation. A robs, B steals and C (it is necessary that there be one gentleman in the concern) cheats. It is a plundering, thieving, swindling corporation. But A, B and C, who have jointly determined and severally executed every crime of the corporation, are blameless. [Ambrose Bierce, 1885]
公司n. 将几个人合并成一个虚构的公司,以便他们不再对自己的行为负责。A、B 和 C 是一家公司。A 抢劫,B 偷窃,C(必须有一个绅士参与)欺骗。这是一家掠夺、偷窃、欺诈的公司。但是,共同决定并分别执行公司的每一项罪行的 A、B 和 C 是无可指责的。[安布罗斯·比尔斯,1885]

该词起源时间:14世纪末