incorporation

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
2. 2
   The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.
3. 3
   The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation.
4. 4
   The act of creating a corporation.
5. 5
   A body incorporated; a corporation.
6. 6
   A phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function.
7. 7
   A doctrine of constitutional law according to which certain parts of the Bill of Rights are extended to bind individual American states. ᵂᵖ