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incorporation

 
 
/ɪnˌkɔːpərˈeɪʃən/ noun

Definition

[C or U] LAW the act of making a company or organization into a legal corporation (= a particular type of company): a certificate of incorporation of a limited liability partnership The number of incorporations registered in the state this year reached its highest level.
[U] the act of including something within something else: the incorporation of sth into sth The incorporation of biology into industrial processes will become routine.
(Definition of incorporation noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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