COMPANY
\kˈʌmpəni], \kˈʌmpəni], \k_ˈʌ_m_p_ə_n_i]\
Definitions of COMPANY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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be a companion to somebody
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small military unit; usually two or three platoons
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an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage"
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a unit of firefighters including their equipment; "a hook-and-ladder company"
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a social gathering of guests or companions; "the house was filled with company when I arrived"
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crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
By Princeton University
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be a companion to somebody
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small military unit; usually two or three platoons
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an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage"
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a unit of firefighters including their equipment; "a hook-and-ladder company"
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a social gathering of guests or companions; "the house was filled with company when I arrived"
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crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.
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A companion or companions.
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An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient.
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Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.
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Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.
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An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company.
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Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.
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A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.
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The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.
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The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.
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To accompany or go with; to be companion to.
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To be a gay companion.
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To have sexual commerce.
By Oddity Software
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A group of people; a body of persons associated together; society; associates; as, a man is known by the company he keeps; a body of actors; a guest, or guests; fellowship; a firm; a ship's crew; a section of a regiment commanded by a captain.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An assembly of persons: a number of persons associated together for trade, etc.: a society: a subdivision of a regiment: the crew of a ship: state of being a companion: fellowship: society.
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To associate with.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Any assemblage of persons; persons collected by invitation or otherwise, for entertainment or festivity; a number of persons associated together in one common interest, or in a joint concern; a society; fellowship; the state of being a companion; a body of soldiers under the command of a captain; the crew of a ship. To bear company, to accompany. To keep company, to accompany; to associate with frequently or habitually. See Companion.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A large or small number of persons met together; a party of persons assembled for social intercourse; fellowship; a number of persons united for the purposes of trade, &c.; a firm; the crew of a ship, including officers; a division of soldiers in a foot regiment under a captain; to bear company, to go with; to attend; to keep company with, to associate with; to go with as an intimate friend frequently or habitually.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. An assemblage of persons; a group; a circle; a party for social entertainment; guests; —an association for business; corporation; firm; —the partners in the firm; —a subdivision of a. regiment under a captain; —the office or command of the captain; —the crew of a ship.
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Persons assembled together; an assembly of pleasure; persons considered as capable of conversation ; fellowship; a number of persons united for the execution of any thing, a band ; persons united in a joint trade or partnership ; a body corporate, a corporation ; a subdivision of a regiment of foot; To bear company, to associate with, to be a companion to; To keep company, to frequent houses of entertainment.
By Thomas Sheridan
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