| company | |
| 1. n. A team; a group of people who work together professionally. | |
| 2. n. A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose. | |
| A company of actors. | |
| 3. n. (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battal | |
| the boys in Company C | |
| 4. n. A unit of firefighters and their equipment. | |
| It took six companies to put out the fire. | |
| 5. n. (nautical) The entire crew of a ship. | |
| 6. n. (espionage, informal) An intelligence service. | |
| As he had worked for the CIA for over 30 years, he would soon take retirement from the company. | |
| 7. n. (legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation. | |
| 8. n. (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture. | |
| 9. n. Social visitors or companions. | |
| Keep the house clean; I have company coming. | |
| 10. n. Companionship. | |
| I treasure your company. | |
| 11. v. (archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with. | |
| 12. v. (archaic, intransitive) To associate. | |
| 13. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion. | |
| 14. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse. | |
