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An entity is something that Existence as itself. It does not need to be of material existence. In particular, and are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no presumption that an entity is Life, or present. The verb tense of this form is to 'entitize' - meaning to convert into an entity; to perceive as tangible or alive. Entitize on Wiktionary
The term is broad in scope and may refer to animals; natural features such as mountains; inanimate objects such as tables; numbers or sets as symbols written on a paper; human contrivances such as laws, corporations and academic disciplines; or supernatural beings such as gods and spirits.
The adjectival form is entitative.
In politics, entity is used as term for territorial divisions of some countries (e.g. Bosnia and Herzegovina).
In economics, economic entity is one of the assumptions made in generally accepted accounting principles. Almost any type of organization or unit in society can be an economic entity.
In accounting, the entity concept is the concept that a business or an organization and its owners are treated as two separate parties.
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