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noun (compan, ies)
  1. A group of individuals with a common purpose, as in a of actors.
  2. In legal context, an entity that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture. A corporation.
  3. In non-legal context, any business, without respect to incorporation.
  4. Social visitors.
    • Keep the house clean, I have coming.
      1. Companionship.
    • I treasure your .
      1. A military unit, typically consisting of two or three platoons.
    • The Boys in Company C.
      1. A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
    • It took six companies to put out the fire.
      1. (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
      2. (idiom) Nickname for an intelligence service.
    • As he had worked for the CIA for over 30 years, he would soon take retirement from the company.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: gezelschap
  • French: compagnie
  • German: Gesellschaft
  • Spanish: compania
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