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English

{{rank|persons|wrote|chief|611|company|sweet|duty|heavy}}

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /'kʌmpəni/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-company.ogg


Etymology

: compaignie (French: compagnie), from companio it is "the person you share your bread"

Noun

  1. A group of individuals with a common purpose, as in a company of actors.
  2. In legal context, an entity that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture. A corporation.
  3. In non-legal context, any business, without respect to incorporation.
  4. Social visitors.
  5. * Keep the house clean, I have company coming.
  6. companionship
  7. * I treasure your company.
  8. A military unit, typically consisting of two or three platoons.
  9. * The Boys in Company C.
  10. A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
  11. * It took six companies to put out the fire.
  12. The entire crew of a ship.
  13. Nickname for an intelligence service.
  14. * As he had worked for the CIA for over 30 years, he would soon take retirement from the company.


Translations

  • Czech: {{t+|cs|společnost|f}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|bedrijf|n}}, {{t+|nl|zaak|f}}, {{t+|nl|firma|f}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|société|f}}, {{t+|fr|entreprise|f}}, {{t+|fr|firme|f}}, {{t+|fr|compagnie|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Gesellschaft|f}}, {{t+|de|Firma|f}}, {{t+|de|Unternehmen|n}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|εταιρία|f|tr=eteria|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew: חברה (khevra)
  • Interlingua: compania
  • Japanese: 会社 (かいしゃ, kaisha)
  • Korean: 회사 (hwesa)
  • Kurdish: {{t+|ku|şirket|f}}, {{t+|ku|pargîdanî|f}}, {{t+|ku|fîrma|f}}, {{t+|ku|kompanya|f}}, {{t+|ku|şirîke|f}}
  • Polish: kompania , firma , przedsiębiorstwo
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|companhia|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|компания|f|tr=kompánija|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|фирма|f|tr=fírma|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|общество|n|tr=óbš'estvo|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|товарищество|n|tr=továriš'estvo|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|empresa|f}}
  • Turkish:
  • Ukrainian: товариство (towarystwo) , діло (dilo)
  • Dutch: {{t-|nl|gezelschap|n}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|compagnie|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Gesellschaft|f}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|συντροφιά|f|tr=sintrofia|sc=Grek}}
  • Czech: {{t+|cs|společnost|f}}
  • Dutch: bezoek , bezoekers
  • Finnish: {{t-|fi|vieraat|p}}
  • French: {{t+|fr|compagnie|f}}
  • Dutch: {{t-|nl|gezelschap|n}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|compagnie|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Gesellschaft|f}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|συντροφικότητα|f|tr=sintrofikotita|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|παρέα|f|tr=parea|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|φιλία|f|tr=filia|sc=Grek}}
  • Interlingua: compania
  • Irish: {{t-|ga|cumann|m|xs=Irish}}
  • Japanese: 仲間 (なかま, nakama)
  • Portuguese: companhia
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|компания|f|tr=kompánija|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|общество|n|tr=óbš'estvo|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Ukrainian: товариство (towarystwo)

Category:1000 English basic words

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Company \Com"pa*ny\ (k[u^]m"p[.a]*n[y^]), n.; pl. Companies
(k[u^]m"p[.a]*n[i^]z). [F. compagnie, fr. OF. compaing. See
Companion.]
1. The state of being a companion or companions; the act of
accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly
intercourse. --Shak.
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Evil company doth corrupt good manners. --1 Cor. xv.
33. (Rev.
Ver.).
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Brethren, farewell: your company along
I will not wish. --Milton.
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2. A companion or companions.
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To thee and thy company I bid
A hearty welcome. --Shak.
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3. An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent
or transient.
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Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. --1 Sam. x.
5.
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4. Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a
family; as, to invite company to dine.
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5. Society, in general; people assembled for social
intercourse.
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Nature has left every man a capacity of being
agreeable, though not of shining in company.
--Swift.
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6. 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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7. 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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8. (Mil.) 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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9. (Naut.) The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a
whole ship's company.
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10. The body of actors employed in a theater or in the
production of a play.
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To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t.

Syn: Assemblage; assembly; society; group; circle; crowd;
troop; crew; gang; corporation; association; fraternity;
guild; partnership; copartnery; union; club; party;
gathering.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Company \Com"pa*ny\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Companied; p. pr. &
vb. n. Companying.]
To accompany or go with; to be companion to. [Obs.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Company \Com"pa*ny\, v. i.
1. To associate.
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Men which have companied with us all the time.
--Acts i. 21.
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2. To be a gay companion. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. To have sexual commerce. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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WordNet company
n 1: an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests
in large well-established companies"; "he started the
company in his garage"
2: organization of performers and associated personnel
(especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed
at the same hotel" [syn: troupe]
3: the state of being with someone; "he missed their company";
"he enjoyed the society of his friends" [syn: companionship,
fellowship, society]
4: small military unit; usually two or three platoons
5: a band of people associated temporarily in some activity;
"they organized a party to search for food"; "the company
of cooks walked into the kitchen" [syn: party]
6: a social gathering of guests or companions; "the house was
filled with company when I arrived"
7: a social or business visitor; "the room was a mess because
he hadn't expected company" [syn: caller]
8: a unit of firefighters including their equipment; "a
hook-and-ladder company"
9: crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or
personnel of a ship [syn: ship's company]
v : be a companion to somebody [syn: companion, accompany, {keep
company}]
Moby Dictionary
Aktiengesellschaft , KP , ace , acting company , actors , affiliation ,
age group , agency , aggregation , aktiebolag , amigo , army ,
army group , assemblage , assembly , associate , associates ,
association , atelier , attend , attendance , band , barbershop ,
battalion , battery , battle group , bear , beauty parlor , beauty shop ,
bedfellow , bedmate , bench , bevy , body , body corporate , bosom buddy ,
brigade , bring , buddy , bunch , bunkie , bunkmate , business ,
business establishment , butcher shop , butty , cabal , cadre , caller ,
camarade , camaraderie , carry , cartel , cast , cast of characters ,
chamber of commerce , chamberfellow , chaperon , characters , chorus ,
chum , circle , circus troupe , classmate , clique , club , cohort ,
colleague , collection , column , comate , combat command , combat team ,
combine , commercial enterprise , community , compagnie , companion ,
companions , companionship , compeer , complement , comrade , comrades ,
comradeship , concern , conduct , confrere , conglomerate ,
conglomerate corporation , congregation , consociate , consociation ,
consolidating company , consort , consort with , consortium ,
consortship , contingent , convention , convoy , cooperation ,
copartner , copartnership , corporate body , corporation , corps ,
corps de ballet , coterie , covey , crew , crony , crowd , desk ,
detachment , detail , diversified corporation , division ,
dramatis personae , eight , eleven , ensemble , enterprise , entourage ,
establishment , facility , faction , fellow , fellow student ,
fellowship , field army , field train , file , firm , first string ,
first team , five , fleet , flock , flying column , followers ,
following , fraternity , fraternization , freeloader , frequenter ,
friends , gang , garrison , gate-crasher , gathering , girl friend ,
gossip , group , grouping , groupment , guest , guests , habitue ,
holding company , horde , house , in-group , industry , installation ,
institution , joint-stock association , joint-stock company , junta ,
kitchen police , legion , loft , maniple , mate , membership , messmate ,
mob , moocher , movement , muster , nine , old crony , operating company ,
order , organization , out-group , outfit , pack , pal , pard , pardner ,
parlor , partaking , participation , partner , partnership , party ,
peer group , phalanx , platoon , playfellow , playmate , plunderbund ,
pool , posse , presence , proprietorship , public utility , rank ,
regiment , repertory company , reserves , retinue , roommate ,
rowing crew , ruck , salon , schoolfellow , schoolmate , second string ,
second team , section , set , sharing , shipmate , shop , side partner ,
sidekick , society , squad , squadron , stable , stock company , string ,
studio , suite , supporting cast , sweatshop , syndicate ,
tactical unit , task force , team , teammate , third string , throng ,
trade association , train , tribe , troop , troupe , trust ,
uninvited guest , unit , utility , varsity , visitant , visitor ,
visitors , wing , work site , work space , workbench , workfellow ,
workhouse , working space , workplace , workroom , workshop , worktable ,
yokefellow , yokemate


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