Incorporated vs Encompassed - What's the difference?
incorporated | encompassed |
(US English) A type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares. A shareholder has no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of the shareholder are limited to the value of the stock turning to zero in the case of a bankruptcy.
(incorporate)
(encompass)
To form a circle around; to encircle.
To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.
To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.
As verbs the difference between incorporated and encompassed
is that incorporated is (incorporate) while encompassed is (encompass).As an adjective incorporated
is (us english) a type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares a shareholder has no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of the shareholder are limited to the value of the stock turning to zero in the case of a bankruptcy.incorporated
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(head)See also
There are further distinctions to the type of Incorporated company in UK English. * Public Limited Liability Company, PLC (UK English) * Limited Liability Company, LLC (UK English)Verb
(head)encompassed
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(es)- This book on English grammar encompasses all irregular verbs.
- Drake encompassed the globe.