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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
company \com"pany\ ku^m"p.any^, n.; pl. companies
   ku^m"p.ani^z. f. compagnie, fr. of. compaing. see
   companion.
   1. the state of being a companion or companions; the act of
      accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly
      intercourse. --shak.
      1913 webster

            evil company doth corrupt good manners. --1 cor. xv.
                                                  33. rev.
                                                  ver..
      1913 webster

            brethren, farewell: your company along
            i will not wish.                      --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. a companion or companions.
      1913 webster

            to thee and thy company i bid
            a hearty welcome.                     --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. an assemblage or association of persons, either permanent
      or transient.
      1913 webster

            thou shalt meet a company of prophets. --1 sam. x.
                                                  5.
      1913 webster

   4. guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a
      family; as, to invite company to dine.
      1913 webster

   5. society, in general; people assembled for social
      intercourse.
      1913 webster

            nature has left every man a capacity of being
            agreeable, though not of shining in company.
                                                  --swift.
      1913 webster

   6. an association of persons for the purpose of carrying on
      some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as,
      the east india company; an insurance company; a
      joint-stock company.
      1913 webster

   7. partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its
      style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as,
      hottinguer  co.
      1913 webster

   8. mil. a subdivision of a regiment of troops under the
      command of a captain, numbering in the united states full
      strength 100 men.
      1913 webster

   9. naut. the crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a
      whole ship's company.
      1913 webster

   10. the body of actors employed in a theater or in the
       production of a play.
       1913 webster

   to keep company with. see under keep, v. t.

   syn: assemblage; assembly; society; group; circle; crowd;
        troop; crew; gang; corporation; association; fraternity;
        guild; partnership; copartnery; union; club; party;
        gathering.
        1913 webster
see also:
companies companion to keep company with keep 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
company \com"pany\, v. t. imp.  p. p. companied; p. pr. 
   vb. n. companying.
   to accompany or go with; to be companion to. obs.
   1913 webster
see also:
companied companying 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
company \com"pany\, v. i.
   1. to associate.
      1913 webster

            men which have companied with us all the time.
                                                  --acts i. 21.
      1913 webster

   2. to be a gay companion. obs. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   3. to have sexual commerce. obs. --bp. hall.
      1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
company
     n 1: an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests
          in large well-established companies"; "he started the
          company in his garage"
     2: organization of performers and associated personnel
        especially theatrical; "the traveling company all stayed
        at the same hotel" syn: troupe
     3: the state of being with someone; "he missed their company";
        "he enjoyed the society of his friends" syn: companionship,
         fellowship, society
     4: small military unit; usually two or three platoons
     5: a band of people associated temporarily in some activity;
        "they organized a party to search for food"; "the company
        of cooks walked into the kitchen" syn: party
     6: a social gathering of guests or companions; "the house was
        filled with company when i arrived"
     7: a social or business visitor; "the room was a mess because
        he hadn't expected company" syn: caller
     8: a unit of firefighters including their equipment; "a
        hook-and-ladder company"
     9: crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or
        personnel of a ship syn: ship's company
     v : be a companion to somebody syn: companion, accompany, keep
         company
see also:
troupe companionship fellowship society party caller 
ship's company companion accompany keep company 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
271 moby thesaurus words for "company":
   aktiengesellschaft, kp, ace, acting company, actors, affiliation,
   age group, 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





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Trust Company >> T Words
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Stock Company >> S Words
Stock Company, definition of term: Stock Company
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Limited Company >> L Words
Limited Company, definition of term: Limited Company
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Holding Company >> H Words
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