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company
- /ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/ UK
- /ˈkɒmp(ə)ni/ UK, dialectal
- /ˈkʌmpəni/ US
Rhymes with -ʌmpni, -ʌmpəni
Where it comes from
From Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania, but this word is not attested. Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon (Modern French: compagnon) + -ie. More at companion.
Displaced native Old English werod, gefer, getæl, and hired.
noun companies · companie
- A team; a group of people who work together for a common purpose. a company of knights
- A group of performing artists who put on shows together. a company of actors
- The crew of a ship. a ship's company
- A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion. the boys in Company C
- A unit of firefighters and their equipment. It took six companies to put out the fire.
- An intelligence service. As he had worked for the CIA for over 30 years, he would soon take retirement from the company.
- A specific aircraft or its airline, usually used in air traffic communications to refer conveniently to another aircraft operated by the same airline.
- A small group of birds or animals.
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An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
a financial services company
Similar: business, company, enterprise, firm
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Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
Marconi set up the company who made the first radios.
Similar: business, company, enterprise, firm
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The members of a partnership business who are not listed in the company's name; unnamed individuals in an entourage or other group.
Smith, Capitano and Company
Similar: business, company, enterprise, firm
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Companionship.
I treasure your company.
Similar: fellowship, friendship, mateship
- One or more social visitor(s) or companion(s). Keep the house clean; I have company coming.
- One or more other person(s) who are nearby, are approaching, or are (e.g. covertly) watching, especially if they may have hostile intentions (like adversaries or rivals). Get your guns ready: intel said there'd be no hostiles in the area, but it looks like we've got company.
Similar: corporation, association, companionship, fellowship, organization, society
verb companies · companying · companied · companie
- To accompany, keep company with. Ye dooe knowe howe thatt hytt ys an vnlawefull thynge for a man beynge a iewe to company or come vnto an alient […].
- To associate. Men which have companied with us all the time.
- To be a lively, cheerful companion. If thee list unto the Court to throng […]there thou needs must learne, to laugh, to lie, To face, to forge, to scoffe, to companie.
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To have sexual intercourse.
companying with Infidels may not be simply condemned
Similar: fornicate
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: society, accompany, fellowship, comradeship, keep company, party, companionship, companion, caller, troupe, good fellowship, club, league, partnership, corporate, institution
noun
Similar: corporation, association, companionship, fellowship, organization, society
Translations
Every language
noun in legal context, a corporation
| Español | empresa, compañía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 회사 hoesa, 기업 gieop |
| 日本語 | 会社 kaisha, 企業 kigyō |
| 中文 | 公司 gōngsī, 企業 /企业 qǐyè |
| हिन्दी | समवाय samvāy, कंपनी kampnī |
| Kiswahili | kampuni |
| Português | companhia |
| Français | société, entreprise, firme, compagnie |
| Deutsch | Gesellschaft, Firma, Unternehmen |
| Italiano | azienda, impresa, compagnia |
| Ελληνικά | εταιρεία etaireía, εταιρία etairía |
| Română | societate, firmă, companie, întreprindere |
| Русский | компа́ния kompánija, фи́рма fírma, о́бщество óbščestvo, това́рищество továriščestvo, предприя́тие predprijátije, корпора́ция korporácija |
| Tiếng Việt | công ty, xí nghiệp |
| العربية | شَرِكَة šarika |
| עברית | חֶבְרָה khevrá |
noun group of individuals with a common purpose
| Español | compañía, compaña |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | kampuni |
| Português | companhia |
| Français | compagnie |
| Deutsch | Gesellschaft |
| Ελληνικά | συντροφιά syntrofiá |
| Română | companie |
| Русский | компа́ния kompánija, о́бщество óbščestvo, това́рищество továriščestvo |
noun social visitors
| Español | visitantes |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 방문자 bangmunja |
| 日本語 | 訪問者 hōmonsha |
| Português | visita |
| Français | compagnie |
| Deutsch | Besuch, Besucher |
| Русский | компа́ния kompánija, го́сти gósti |
noun companionship
| Español | compañía, compaña |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 동료 dongnyo |
| 日本語 | 仲間 nakama |
| 中文 | 同伴 tóngbàn |
| हिन्दी | सान्निध्य sānnidhya |
| Kiswahili | kampuni |
| Português | companhia |
| Français | compagnie |
| Deutsch | Gesellschaft |
| Ελληνικά | συντροφικότητα syntrofikótita, παρέα paréa, φιλία filía |
| Русский | компа́ния kompánija, о́бщество óbščestvo |
| العربية | رِفْقَة rifqa |
noun military unit
| Español | compañía, compaña |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 중대 jungdae |
| 日本語 | 中隊 chūtai |
| 中文 | 連隊 /连队 liánduì, 連 /连 lián |
| Português | companhia |
| Deutsch | Kompanie |
| Italiano | compagnia |
| Ελληνικά | λόχος lóchos |
| Română | companie |
| Русский | ро́та róta, со́тня sótnja |
| Tiếng Việt | đại đội |
| العربية | سَرِيَّة sariyya |
| עברית | פלוגה, פְּלֻגָּה plugá |
noun unit of firefighters and their equipment
| Español | compañía de bomberos |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 消防隊 shōbōtai |
| Português | companhia |
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title = {company},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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