entity
n. countablen. something that exists as its own separate thing. It is often used in business or law to talk about a company or group that is treated as a single unit.
n. a thing with distinct and independent existence. Frequently used in legal, commercial, or philosophical contexts to distinguish a specific unit from its constituent parts or its environment.
The two companies merged into a single legal entity.
The court ruled that the subsidiary was a separate entity from its parent corporation and therefore not liable for the debt.
In this philosophical framework, the mind is treated as a non-physical entity that interacts with the body through complex biological mechanisms.
From the Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns (“being”) (stem: ent-) + -tās (compare essentia), see there for more information.
Commonly paired with adjectives like 'legal', 'corporate', 'separate', or 'distinct'.