company

Plural

companies

1. 1.A team; a group of people who work together professionally.

   • It took six companies to put out the fire.
   • As he had worked for the CIA for over 30 years, he would soon take retirement from the company.
   • It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.

2. 2.A small group of birds or animals.

   • I work for a shipping company.
   • Tom was working for an insurance company.
   • I work for an oil company.

3. 3.An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.

   • I work for a shipping company.
   • Tom was working for an insurance company.
   • I work for an oil company.

4. 4.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.
   • The company added it has not “received any reports of adverse events,” but it’s moving forward with the recall out of “an abundance of caution.”

Overall

Very common· #223

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• society