inc

I1N1C3

adjective

Incorporated, corporation, describing a type of (business) company that carries certain legal obligations.

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CongressIraqi National Congress
Very commonScrabble 5

Meanings

inc1

adjective
  1. CanadaUSalternativeAlternative spelling of Inc.
  2. InternetabbreviationAbbreviation of incoming.
noun
  1. abbreviationcomputingAbbreviation of increment.
verb
  1. abbreviationbusinessAbbreviation of increase.

    Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly[…]

    2011, Barb Brown, Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary, page 55

Inc2

adjectiveInc (not comparable)

alternative Inc. · alternative inc · alternative inc.

  1. CanadaUSnot comparablepostpositionalIncorporated, corporation, describing a type of (business) company that carries certain legal obligations.

    “If I am cast aside by Maga Inc and replaced by Neocons, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Military Industrial War Complex, foreign leaders, and the elite donor class that can’t even relate to real Americans, then many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced as well,” Greene said.

    2025 November 22, Coral Murphy Marcos, quoting Marjorie Taylor Greene, “Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from Congress in January amid fallout with Trump”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

INC3

proper noun

alternative I.N.C.

  1. abbreviationinitialismIndian politicsInitialism of Indian National Congress.

    Synonyms: Congress

  2. PhilippinesabbreviationinitialismChristianityInitialism of Iglesia ni Cristo.

    The Aglipayan Church is next with 12%; while the rest of the population is divided into different Protestant sects, the INC (Iglesia Ni Cristo) and other denominations.

    1987, Miguela Gonzalez Yap, The making of Cory, Cellar Book Shop
    1 more example

    The INC, as it’s known, is headquartered in the Philippines, where church members are accused of financial irregularities, kidnapping and even the murder of a Canadian man.

    2018, “Church of Secrets”, in The Fifth Estate, CBC News, retrieved 09 Nov 2018

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nouna heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government

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APA

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MLA

“inc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inc. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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