"company town" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1917, Arthur B. Reeve, chapter 5, in The Treasure-Train",
          "text": "The workmen lived farther along the line, in a sort of company town, which at present greatly resembled a Western mining-camp, though ultimately it was to be a bungalow town.",
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          "ref": "1946 May 29, Westbrook Pegler, “Fair Enough”, in Reading Eagle, page 4",
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          "ref": "1994 October 30, Penny Singer, “Bob Detmer, a Visionary Video Maker”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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          "ref": "2010 February 10, Michael Schuman, “At Toyota's Home Base, Townspeople Are Worried”, in Time, archived from the original on 2012-09-13",
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        "A town, city, or other municipality in which a single large business has a controlling influence over the economy and, sometimes, over the societal structure and local government."
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        "(idiomatic) A town, city, or other municipality in which a single large business has a controlling influence over the economy and, sometimes, over the societal structure and local government."
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