company
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company/ˈkʌmpəni/
▶noun (pl. companies)
- 1 a commercial business.
- 2 the fact or condition of being with another or others.
■ a person as a source of friendship and entertainment: she is excellent company.
■ a visitor or visitors: I'm expecting company.
- 3 a group of people gathered together.
■ a body of soldiers, especially the smallest subdivision of an infantry battalion.
■ a group of actors, singers, or dancers who perform together.
■ Brit. a group of Guides.
– phrases
in company with together with.
keep (or archaic bear) someone company spend time with someone to prevent them feeling lonely or bored.
keep company with associate with habitually.
in company with together with.
keep (or archaic bear) someone company spend time with someone to prevent them feeling lonely or bored.
keep company with associate with habitually.
'company' also found in these Oxford entries:
A & R
- ABC
- accounts payable
- accounts receivable
- acquisition accounting
- administration
- Aga
- aggregator
- Allen key
- along
- anent
- ASP
- asset
- asset-stripping
- back catalogue
- bandwagon
- black
- blip
- boatbuilder
- bond
- bowser
- brand
- break
- brigade
- business park
- buy-in
- buyout
- by-law
- cannibalize
- capital
- carpetbagger
- carrier
- cash ratio
- century
- chain
- chairman
- Chapter 11
- circus
- City Company
- closed-end
- Co.
- coin
- common carrier
- company car
- company officer
- company sergeant major
- compliments slip
- consort
- contributory
