Company

Noun

 * 1) A group of individuals with a common purpose, as in a company of actors.
 * 2)  An entity that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture. A corporation.
 * 3)  Any business, without respect to incorporation.
 * 4) Social visitors.
 * 5) companionship.
 * 6)  A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
 * 7) A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
 * 8)  The entire crew of a ship.
 * 9) Nickname for an intelligence service.

Verbs for Company
—recovers ; —profits; —survives.
 * (association, companionship) crave—; cultivate—; curse—; delight in— of; detest—; forbid—; forsake—; grace with—; miss—; placate—; refrain from—; regain—of; request—; sever from—; thrust into—of; woo—; —amuses; —bores; —departs; —dwindles; —entertains; —straggles in.
 * (corporation) absorb—; bankrupt—; buy up—; charter—; consolidate—; defraud—; embezzle from—;found—; incorporate—; manage—; merge —; reorganize—; ruin—; —branches out;

Adjectives for Company

 * (general) subsidiary; lightheaded; respectable; assembled; scanty; ubiquitous; jocund; devout; treasonable; select; panic-stricken; choice; trading; merry; congenial; licentious; loathsome; saintly; high-born; agreeable; mysterious; villainous; ennobling; distinguished; defunct; brilliant; pleasant; enterprising; cosmopolitan; animated; suspecting; enchanting; glamorous; immortal; great; picturesque; unobtrusive; sympathetic; jovial; buoyant; refined; talented; detestable; rascally; infernal; wild; chartered; generating; transmission; gigantic; aggressive; forward-looking; reputable; commissary; projected.

Verbs for Company
head—; manoeuvre—; overtake—; parti¬tion—; separate—; spy on—; train—; —retreats ; —traverses.
 * (military division) ambush—; assign to—; command—; desolate—; discontinue—; dispatch to—; divide into—ies; enlist in—; evolve—; forge—;

Synonyms for Company

 * 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

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From compaignie "companionship" (French: compagnie), possibly from  *compania, but this word is not attested. 🇫🇴 compaignie is equivalent to compaignon (Modern French: compagnon) + -ie. More at companion

Noun

 * Afrikaans: maatskappy
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ընկերություն (ënkerut'yun)
 * Bengali: কম্পনী
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 * Czech:
 * Danish: virksomhed
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 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: समवाय, कंपनी
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: compania
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: (會社)
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 * Latvian: sabiedrība, kompānija
 * Lithuanian: bendrovė, kompanija
 * Luhya:
 * Norwegian:
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 * Nynorsk:
 * Polish: kompania, firma , przedsiębiorstwo
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: societate, firmă, companie, întreprindere
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sinhalese: කොම්පැනිය
 * Spanish:
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 * Thai: บริษัท
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: товариство,,  компанія
 * Urdu: کمپنی
 * Vietnamese:


 * Afrikaans: maatskappy
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 * Chinese:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Japanese: 企業 (きぎょう, kigyō)


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 * Afrikaans: geselskap
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 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Interlingua: compania


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: companie
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: companía
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish: dernekçi
 * Ukrainian: товариство (towarystwo)


 * Afrikaans: besoek, besoekers
 * Bulgarian: гости
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
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 * Japanese: 訪問者 (ほうもんしゃ, hōmonsha)
 * Russian: компания (kompánija), гости (gósti)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: товариство (towarystwo)


 * Afrikaans: geselskap
 * Bulgarian:
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Interlingua: compania


 * Irish:
 * Japanese: 仲間 (なかま, nakama)
 * Mandarin: 同伴
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: товариство (towarystwo)


 * Bulgarian:
 * Cantonese: 連
 * Chinese:
 * Traditional: 連隊
 * Simplified: 连队
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: λόχος
 * Hebrew: פלוגה


 * Indonesian: kompi
 * Japanese: 中隊 (ちゅうたい, chūtai)
 * Mandarin: 連, liánduì
 * Polish: kompania
 * Romanian: companie
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Ukrainian: сотня (sotn'a)


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: 消防隊 (しょうぼうたい, shōbōtai)


 * Polish: kompania
 * Ukrainian: ланка (lanka)