unincorporate

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verb

To undo or remove the incorporation of.

“bodies corporate or unincorporate”

Scrabble 17

Meanings

verbunincorporate (third-person singular simple present unincorporates, present participle unincorporating, simple past and past participle unincorporated)

present singular third person unincorporates · participle present unincorporating · participle past unincorporated · past unincorporated

  1. To undo or remove the incorporation of.

    And if you are already incorporated, you may want to investigate the possibility of unincorporating, or at least electing subchapter S tax status for your business operations.

    1987, Paul N. Strassels, The 1986 Tax Reform Act: Making It Work for You
    1 more example

    Unincorporating doesn't trigger a pension break in this situation: A doctor liquidated his corporation and terminated its pension coverage, taking lump-sum payout. But he continued practicing as a sole proprietor at the same address ...

    1992, The Kiplinger Tax Letter
  2. To not incorporate.

    There are consistent semantic differences between incorporating and unincorporating structures, [...]

    1996, Maura Velázquez-Castillo, The Grammar of Possession, →ISBN, page 104
adjectiveunincorporate (comparative more unincorporate, superlative most unincorporate)

comparative more unincorporate · superlative most unincorporate

  1. postpositionalsometimeslawNot incorporated.

    bodies corporate or unincorporate

    Synonyms: unincorporated

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot incorporated.

Origin

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Chicago

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