company (English)

Pronunciation

  • - US - /"kVmp@ni/
  • - Audio (UK)
  • - /ˈkʌmpni/

    "kVmpni

  • en-us-company.ogg

    • Etymology

    From - compaignie||companionship|lang=fro (Modern French - lang=fr), possibly from - fro - lang=fro (Modern French - lang=fr) + - lang=fro. More at

    companion

    .

    Noun

    compan|ies|-

    A group of individuals with a common purpose

  • a company of actors.

    • business

    An entity that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture. A corporation.

    Any business, without respect to incorporation.

    Social visitors.

    * Keep the house clean, I have company coming.

    companionship.

    * I treasure your company.

    A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.

    * The Boys in Company C.

    A unit of firefighters and their equipment.

    * It took six companies to put out the fire.

    The entire crew of a ship.

    Nickname for an intelligence service.

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

    Synonyms

  • corporation

    • Derived terms

  • a_man_is_known_by_the_company_he_keeps
  • British_East_India_Company
  • companiate
  • company_clinic
  • company_doctor
  • company_front
  • company_man
  • company_officer
  • company_seal
  • company-specific_risk
  • company_time
  • company_town
  • company_union
  • fast_company
  • fire_company
  • growth_company
  • holding_company
  • in-company
  • incorporated_company
  • insurance_company
  • intracompany
  • investment_company
  • joint-stock_company
  • keep_somebody_company
  • listed_company
  • limited_liability_company
  • livery_company
  • management_company
  • mutual_company
  • offshore_company
  • parent_company
  • private_company
  • quoted_company
  • shell_company
  • sister_company
  • stock_company
  • the_company
  • title_company
  • trust_company
  • two's_company,_three's_a_crowd
  • you_don't_dip_your_pen_in_company_ink

    • Related terms

  • accompany
  • companion
  • discompany

    • Translations

    in legal context, a corporation

  • Afrikaans - maatskappy
  • Arabiska - شركة
  • Armenian - ընկերություն|tr=ënkerut'yun
  • Bengali - কম্পনী|tr=kōmpāni|sc=Beng|xs=Bengali
  • Bulgariska - корпорация
  • Katalanska - companyia
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 公司|tr=gōngsī|sc=Hani
  • Kroatiska - tvrtka
  • Kroatiska - kompanija
  • Kroatiska - poduzeće
  • Tjeckiska - společnost
  • Danska - virksomhed
  • Holländska - bedrijf
    • , zaak, firma
  • Finska - yhtiö
  • Franska - société
    • , entreprise, firme, compagnie
  • Tyska - Gesellschaft
    • , Firma, Unternehmen
  • Grekiska - εταιρεία
    • , εταιρία
  • Hebrew - חברה|f|tr=khevra
  • Hindiska - समवाय
    • , कंपनी
  • Indonesiska - perusahaan
  • Interlingua - compania
  • Japanska - 会社
  • Koreanska - 회사
    • ()
  • Kurdish - şirket|f, - pargîdanî|f, - fîrma|f, - kompanya|f, - şirîke|f
  • Lettiska - sabiedrība
    • , kompānija
  • Litauiska - bendrovė
    • , kompanija
  • Luhya - kampuni
  • Norwegian:
  • Norska - selskap
  • : Nynorsk - selskap|xs=Norwegian Nynorsk
  • Polska - firma
    • , przedsiębiorstwo
  • Portugisiska - companhia
  • Rumänska - societate
    • , firmă, companie, întreprindere
  • Ryska - компания
    • , фирма, общество, товарищество
  • Scottish Gaelic - companaidh|m|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Sinhalese - කොම්පැනිය|tr=kompäniya|sc=Sinh|xs=Sinhalese
  • Spanska - empresa
  • Swahili - kampuni
  • Svenska - verksamhet
    • , bolag
  • Thailändska - บริษัท
  • Turkiska - işletme
  • Ukrainska - товариство
  • Ukrainska - діло
  • Ukrainska - компанія
  • Urdu - کمپنی|f|tr=kampanī|sc=ur-Arab
  • Vietnamesiska - công ty
    • ()

    in non-legal context, any business, without respect to incorporation

  • Afrikaans - maatskappy
  • Arabiska - شركة
  • : Egyptian Arabic - شركة|tr=shirka(t)|sc=Arab|xs=Egyptian Arabic
  • Bulgariska - компания
  • Bulgariska - фирма
  • Chinese - 企业|qǐyè
  • Finska - yritys
    • , liike
  • Japanska - 企業
  • Ryska - компания
    • , фирма, общество, товарищество
  • Scottish Gaelic - cuideachd|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic, - companaidh|m|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Swahili - kampuni
  • Svenska - företag
    • , firma

    group of individuals with a common purpose

  • Afrikaans - geselskap
  • Bulgariska - компания
  • Bulgariska - общество
  • Katalanska - companyia
  • Tjeckiska - společnost
  • Holländska - gezelschap
  • Finska - ryhmä
  • Franska - compagnie
  • Tyska - Gesellschaft
  • Grekiska - συντροφιά
  • Interlingua - compania
  • Latin - coetus|m
  • Portugisiska - companhia
  • Rumänska - companie
  • Ryska - общество
    • , товарищество
  • Scottish Gaelic - cuideachd|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanska - compañía
  • Swahili - kampuni
  • Turkiska - dernekçi
  • Ukrainska - товариство
    • (towarystwo)

    social visitors

  • Afrikaans - besoek
    • , besoekers
  • Bulgariska - гости
  • Tjeckiska - společnost
  • Holländska - bezoek
    • , bezoekers
  • Finska - vieraat
  • Franska - compagnie
  • Japanska - 訪問者
  • Ryska - компания
    • , гости
  • Scottish Gaelic - cuideachd|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Turkiska - dernek
  • Ukrainska - товариство
    • (towarystwo)

    companionship

  • Afrikaans - geselskap
  • Bulgariska - компания
  • Katalanska - companyia
  • Kroatiska - društvo
  • Holländska - gezelschap
  • Finska - kumppanuus
  • Franska - compagnie
  • Tyska - Gesellschaft
  • Grekiska - συντροφικότητα
    • , παρέα, φιλία
  • Interlingua - compania
  • Irländska - cumann
  • Japanska - 仲間
  • Malaysiska - teman
  • Mandarin - 同伴|sc=Hani
  • Portugisiska - companhia
  • Ryska - компания
    • , общество
  • Scottish Gaelic - cuideachd|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Swahili - kampuni
  • Turkiska - dernek
  • Ukrainska - товариство
    • (towarystwo)

    military unit

  • Bulgariska - рота
  • Cantonese - 連
  • Chinese:
  • * Traditional - 連隊
  • * Simplified - 连队
  • Finska - komppania
  • Tyska - Kompanie
  • Grekiska - λόχος
  • Hebrew - פלוגה|f|tr=plugá
  • Indonesiska - kompi
  • Japanska - 中隊
  • Mandarin - 連 , - liánduì
  • Polska - kompania
  • Rumänska - companie
  • Ryska - рота
  • Scottish Gaelic - cuideachd|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Ukrainska - сотня
    • (sotn'a)

    unit of firefighters and their equipment

  • Finska - palokunta
  • Japanska - 消防隊
  • Polska - kompania
  • Ukrainska - ланка
    • (lanka)

    id

    : usaha|perusahaan

    Verb

    companies|companying|companied|companied

    To accompany, keep company with.

    * 1526,

    William Tyndale

    , trans. Bible, Acts X:

    *: Ye dooe knowe howe thatt hytt ys an unlawefull thynge for a man beynge a iewe to company or come unto an alient ....

    * 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 2:

    *: 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.”

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    • simple:company

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