entity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A thing that exists as a single, separate unit, often an organization.

   After the merger, the two companies became a single entity.

2. 2
   noun

   Something that has its own distinct existence, whether living or not.

   The committee operates as a legal entity independent of the government.

From the Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns (“being”) (stem: ent-) + -tās (compare essentia), see there for more information.

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