inc.

/ɪŋk/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪŋk/ (ame, ipa)

inc. — adjective

  • inc.positive
  • inc.ercomparative
  • inc.estsuperlative

1. short for 'incorporated', written after the name of a United States business to

1.形容詞B2
釋義

short for 'incorporated', written after the name of a United States business to show that it has been registered as a company with limited liability.

例句

Yasmin accepted a software engineering job at Apple Inc. last month.

appended to company name, written after the noun

The annual report from Lockheed Martin Inc. was over 300 pages long.

noun phrase: [Company] Inc. as subject

同義詞
  • Ltd

    British equivalent for a private limited company

  • Corp.

    short for Corporation; broader US label that may follow a company name

  • LLC

    limited liability company; a different US legal form, not interchangeable with Inc.

文法句型

[Company Name] Inc.

用法筆記

Always written with a capital I and a period, and never appears on its own — it follows a registered US company name. British equivalents are Ltd or plc.

常見錯誤

❌Faisal works at an inc. company.
✅Faisal works at Microsoft Inc.
💡'Inc.' is not a standalone noun; it attaches to a specific company name.
❌a small inc
✅a small Inc.-registered company
💡'inc.' is always capitalised, always followed by a period, and only used as a name suffix.

inc. — abbreviation