See Also: Entity(medicine)
Entity(money)
entity(dictionary)
entity(dictionary)
Legal entity(money)
Legal entity(finance)
Special-Purpose Entity(money)
Separate entity principle(finance)
Special purpose entity(finance)

entity (iou)



entity noun. L15.
[French entite or medieval Latin entitas, -tat-, from late Latin ent- stem of ENS: see -TY1.]
a. Existence, being, as opp. to non-existence; the existence of a thing as opp. to its qualities or relations. L15.
V. Sackville-West The one who had..the strongest sense of his own entity.
b. Essence, essential nature. M17.
All that exists. E17.
A thing that has a real existence, as opp. to a relation, function, etc. E17.
M. Muggeridge I became aware of the British Empire..as a geographical and political entity. G. F. Kennan How could the people..act as a collective entity..unless they were..organized.