company plural
com·pa·ny
The plural form of company is companies
C cDefinitions
- 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