company

company
com•pa•ny
[[t]ˈkʌm pə ni[/t]] n. pl. -nies,
1) a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people
2) a guest or guests:
We're having company tonight[/ex]
3) companionship; fellowship; association:
We always enjoy her company[/ex]
4) one's usual companions:
I dislike the company you keep[/ex]
5) a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, esp. for business:
a publishing company; a dance company[/ex]
6) bus (cap.) the partners of a firm not specified in its title:Jones & Company.
7) mil
a) a basic unit of troops comprising a headquarters and two or three platoons
b) any relatively small group of soldiers
8) the Company, inf the CIA
9) a unit of firefighters
10) archaic to associate
11) archaic to accompany
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Etymology: 1200–50; ME < AF; OF compaignie companionship, der. of compain < LL compāniō

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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