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- 1 A team; a group of people who work together professionally.; A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose. countable, uncountable
"a company of actors"
- 2 an institution created to conduct business wordnet
- 3 A team; a group of people who work together professionally.; A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion. countable, uncountable
"the boys in Company C"
- 4 a unit of firefighters including their equipment wordnet
- 5 A team; a group of people who work together professionally.; A unit of firefighters and their equipment. countable, uncountable
"It took six companies to put out the fire."
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- 6 a social gathering of guests or companions wordnet
- 7 A team; a group of people who work together professionally.; The entire crew of a ship. countable, uncountable
- 8 organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical) wordnet
- 9 A team; a group of people who work together professionally.; An intelligence service. countable, informal, uncountable
"As he had worked for the CIA for over 30 years, he would soon take retirement from the company."
- 10 small military unit; usually two or three platoons wordnet
- 11 A small group of birds or animals. countable, uncountable
- 12 crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship wordnet
- 13 An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation. countable, uncountable
"a financial services company"
- 14 a band of people associated temporarily in some activity wordnet
- 15 Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture. countable, uncountable
"In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised."
- 16 a social or business visitor wordnet
- 17 Social visitors or companions. uncountable
"Keep the house clean; I have company coming."
- 18 the state of being with someone wordnet
- 19 adversaries, enemies, or rivals; unwanted company. countable, uncountable
"looks like we've got company"
- 20 Companionship. uncountable
"I treasure your company."
- 1 To accompany, keep company with. archaic, transitive
"Ye dooe knowe howe thatt hytt ys an vnlawefull thynge for a man beynge a iewe to company or come vnto an alient […]."
- 2 be a companion to somebody wordnet
- 3 To associate. archaic, intransitive
"Men which have companied with us all the time."
- 4 To be a lively, cheerful companion. intransitive, obsolete
"If thee list unto the Court to throng […]there thou needs must learne, to laugh, to lie, To face, to forge, to scoffe, to companie."
- 5 To have sexual intercourse. intransitive, obsolete
"companying with Infidels may not be simply condemned"
Etymology
From Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania, but this word is not attested. Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon (Modern French: compagnon) + -ie. More at companion. Displaced native Old English werod, gefer, getæl, and hired.
From Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania, but this word is not attested. Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon (Modern French: compagnon) + -ie. More at companion. Displaced native Old English werod, gefer, getæl, and hired.
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