plural companies
often attributive
1
a
: association with another : fellowship
enjoy a person's company
b
: companions, associates
know a person by the company she keeps
2
a
: a group of persons or things
a company of horsemen
b
: a body of soldiers
especially
: a unit (as of infantry) consisting usually of a headquarters and two or more platoons
c
: an organization of performing artists
a company of actors
d
: the officers and crew of a ship
The captain called a meeting of the ship's company.
e
: a firefighting unit
A hose company was first to arrive at the scene of the fire.
3
a
: a chartered commercial organization or medieval trade guild
b
: an association of persons for carrying on a commercial or industrial enterprise
electric companies
a publishing company
c
: those members of a partnership firm whose names do not appear in the firm name
John Doe and Company
Synonyms
Examples of company in a Sentence
Noun
He runs his own trucking company.
She joined the company last year.
The company is based in Paris.
Her dogs are her only company these days.
You can tell a lot about people by the company they keep.
Verb
in her sermon the minister noted that Jesus had companied with the least privileged and most disadvantaged members of society
may the Good Lord company you on your journey home
Recent Examples on the Web
Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Guardiola was wearing an extravagant Richard Mille watch worth £1 million ($1.26 million) on his wrist at Madrid’s Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, according to TNT Sports, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
One of the allegations is that the company used stickers displaying the wrong price on products sold by weight.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2024
Virtually all school districts buy web filters from companies that sort the internet into categories.
—Tara García Mathewson, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
But according to the documentary, behind the scenes was a company culture that prioritized thinness and whiteness over anything else, often at the emotional expense of its workers.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
To celebrate the 120th anniversary of that moment, company president Guillermo León, a fifth-generation member of the founding family, recently introduced a limited-edition re-creation of that very smoke.
—Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2024
In recent years, Advance has acquired musical theater production company Stage Entertainment, plagiarism-detection service Turnitin and the Ironman Group.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Apr. 2024
The court filing includes text messages that paint a picture of how FirstEnergy relied on Randazzo to craft legislation that benefited FirstEnergy and fend off an audit or rate case that might have cost the company money.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
Noun
Fast-food companies have used their dominant position in the labor market to keep wages and prices excessively low, said Michael Reich, a labor economist and professor at UC Berkeley.
—Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Guardiola was wearing an extravagant Richard Mille watch worth £1 million ($1.26 million) on his wrist at Madrid’s Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, according to TNT Sports, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
One of the allegations is that the company used stickers displaying the wrong price on products sold by weight.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2024
Virtually all school districts buy web filters from companies that sort the internet into categories.
—Tara García Mathewson, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
But according to the documentary, behind the scenes was a company culture that prioritized thinness and whiteness over anything else, often at the emotional expense of its workers.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
To celebrate the 120th anniversary of that moment, company president Guillermo León, a fifth-generation member of the founding family, recently introduced a limited-edition re-creation of that very smoke.
—Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2024
In recent years, Advance has acquired musical theater production company Stage Entertainment, plagiarism-detection service Turnitin and the Ironman Group.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Apr. 2024
The court filing includes text messages that paint a picture of how FirstEnergy relied on Randazzo to craft legislation that benefited FirstEnergy and fend off an audit or rate case that might have cost the company money.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Company.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/company. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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