company

1. 1

   A team; a group of people who work together for a common purpose.countableuncountable

   • a company of knights
2. 2

   A team; a group of people who work together for a common purpose.; A group of performing artists who put on shows together.countableuncountable

   • a company of actors
3. 3

   A team; a group of people who work together for a common purpose.; The crew of a ship.countableuncountable

   • a ship's company
4. 4

   A team; a group of people who work together for a common purpose.; A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.countableuncountable

   • the boys in Company C
5. 5

   A team; a group of people who work together for a common purpose.; A unit of firefighters and their equipment.countableuncountable

   • It took six companies to put out the fire.
6. 6

   A team; a group of people who work together for a common purpose.; An intelligence service.countableinformaluncountable

   • As he had worked for the CIA for over 30 years, he would soon take retirement from the company.
7. 7

   A team; a group of people who work together for a common purpose.; A specific aircraft or its airline, usually used in air traffic communications to refer conveniently to another aircraft operated by the same airline.countableinformaluncountable

8. 8

   A small group of birds or animals.countableuncountable

9. 9

   An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.countableuncountable

   • a financial services company
10. 10

    An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.; Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.countableuncountable

    • Marconi set up the company who made the first radios.

syn. corporation · association · companionship · fellowship · organization · society · friendship · mateship

1. 1

   To accompany, keep company with.archaictransitive

   • Ye dooe knowe howe thatt hytt ys an vnlawefull thynge for a man beynge a iewe to company or come vnto an alient […].
   • it was with a distinctly fallen countenance that his father hearkened to his mother's parenthetical request to “’bide hyar an’ company leetle Moses whilst I be a-milkin’ the cow.”
2. 2

   To associate.archaicintransitive

   • Men which have companied with us all the time.
3. 3

   To be a lively, cheerful companion.intransitiveobsolete

   • 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.
4. 4

   To have sexual intercourse.intransitiveobsolete

   • companying with Infidels may not be simply condemned

syn. have sex · make love