incorporatein·cor·po·rate /ɪnˈkɔːpəreɪt-ɔːr-/ verb [transitiveT]1COMMERCELAWif a company is incorporated, it is listed officially as a company by meeting certain legal REQUIREMENTs which apply in a particular country or a particular state. Companies which are incorporated become CORPORATIONsZapata Trading was founded in 1986 and incorporated in 1989.
The law gave corporations that are incorporated in Pennsylvania 90 days to opt out of certain provisions.
2to include or add something to a group, system, plan etcVolvo hopes to incorporate Japanese concepts of worker participation.
incorporate something in/into somethingApple Computer agreed to incorporate Adobe’s printer software in the basic program for all Macintosh PCs.
—incorporation noun [countableC, uncountableU]During the first quarter, new business incorporations increased 8.5%.
the incorporation of previous price increases into current wage bargaining