ALL meanings of company
com·pa·ny
C c - countable noun company A company is a business organization that makes money by selling goods or services. 3
- countable noun company A company is a group of opera singers, dancers, or actors who work together. 3
- countable noun company A company is a group of soldiers that is usually part of a battalion or regiment, and that is divided into two or more platoons. 3
- uncountable noun company Company is having another person or other people with you, usually when this is pleasant or stops you feeling lonely. 3
- noun company a number of people gathered together; assembly 3
- noun company the fact of being with someone; companionship 3
- noun company a social visitor or visitors; guest or guests 3
- noun company a business enterprise 3
- noun company the members of an enterprise not specifically mentioned in the enterprise's title 3
- noun company a group of actors, usually including business and technical personnel 3
- noun company a unit of around 100 troops, usually comprising two or more platoons 3
- noun company the officers and crew of a ship 3
- noun company a unit of Girl Guides 3
- noun company a medieval guild 3
- verb company to keep company or associate (with someone) 3
- noun company companionship; society 3
- noun company a group of people 3
- noun company a group gathered for social purposes 3
- noun company a group associated for some purpose, as to form a commercial or industrial firm 3
- noun company a trade guild in the Middle Ages 3
- noun company the partners whose names are not given in the title of a firm 3
- noun company a guest or guests; visitor or visitors 3
- noun company a habitual associate or associates 3
- noun company a body of troops; specif., the lowest administrative unit, as of infantry, normally composed of two or more platoons and a headquarters 3
- noun company all of a ship's personnel, including the officers 3
- verb transitive company to accompany 3
- intransitive verb company to associate (with) 3
- noun company business 1
- noun company social gathering 1
- noun company group of people 1
- noun company fellowship, guests 1
- noun company military: unit 1
- noun company ship's crew 1
- noun company firemen and equipment 1
- noun company A commercial business. 1
- noun plural company a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people. 1
- noun plural company a guest or guests: We're having company for dinner. 1
- noun plural company an assemblage of persons for social purposes. 1
- noun plural company companionship; fellowship; association: I always enjoy her company. 1
- noun plural company one's usual companions: I don't like the company he keeps. 1
- noun plural company society collectively. 1
- noun plural company a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, especially for business: a publishing company; a dance company. 1
- noun plural company (initial capital letter) the members of a firm not specifically named in the firm's title: George Higgins and Company. 1
- noun plural company Military. the smallest body of troops, consisting of a headquarters and two or three platoons. any relatively small group of soldiers. Army. a basic unit with both tactical and administrative functions. 1
- noun plural company a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus: a hook-and-ladder company. 1
- noun plural company Also called ship's company. a ship's crew, including the officers. 1
- noun plural company a medieval trade guild. 1
- noun plural company the Company, Informal. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. 1
- verb without object company Archaic. to associate. 1
- verb with object company Archaic. to accompany. 1