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entity — en·ti·ty / en ti tē/ n pl ties: an organization (as a business or governmental unit) that has a legal identity which is separate from those of its members see also alter ego, instrumentality, juridical person … Law dictionary
entity — entity, being, creature, individual, person are comparable when meaning something which has real and independent existence. Entity, the most consistently abstract of these terms, implies such existence not only in the actual world but also in the … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Entity — est le cinquième album studio du groupe de brutal Death metal technique américain Origin. Il est sorti le 7 Juin 2011[1]. Entity Album par Origin Sortie 7 juin 2011 Genre … Wikipédia en Français
Entity — En ti*ty, n.; pl. {Entities}. [LL. entitas, fr. L. ens, entis, thing, prop. p. pr. of esse to be: cf. F. entit[ e]. See {Essence}, {Is}.] A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Entity — steht für: Entität, in der Datenmodellierung ein eindeutig zu bestimmendes Objekt HTML Entity, eine Referenz auf eine bestimmte benannte SGML Entität Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demse … Deutsch Wikipedia
entity — A general term encompassing a wide variety of legal persons, including individuals, corporations and governmental units (SA Bankruptcy.com) Under Title 11 U.S.C. Section 101: (15) The term entity includes person, estate, trust, governmental unit … Glossary of Bankruptcy
entity — [n1] object that exists article, being, body, creature, existence, individual, item, material, matter, organism, presence, quantity, single, singleton, something, stuff, subsistence, substance, thing; concept 433 Ant. abstract, concept, idea… … New thesaurus
entity — 1590s, from L.L. entitatem (nom. entitas), from L.L. ens (gen. entis) a thing, proposed by Caesar as prp. of esse be (see IS (Cf. is)), to render Greek philosophical term to on that which is (from neut. of prp. of einai to be; see ESSENC … Etymology dictionary
entity — ► NOUN (pl. entities) ▪ a thing with distinct and independent existence. ORIGIN French entité, from Latin ens being … English terms dictionary
entity — [en′tə tē] n. pl. entities [< Fr entité or ML entitas < L ens (gen. entis), prp. of esse, to be: see IS1] 1. being; existence 2. a thing that has definite, individual existence outside or within the mind; anything real in itself … English World dictionary
Entity — An entity is something that has a distinct, separate existence, though it need not be a material existence. In particular, abstractions and legal fictions are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no presumption that an entity… … Wikipedia
