"company" meaning in English

See company in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /'kʌmpəni/ Audio: en-us-company.ogg [US], en-uk-company.ogg [UK] Forms: company [singular], companies [plural]
Head templates: {{irrnoun|companies}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A company is an organization for doing work for money.
    Sense id: simple-company-en-noun-1tTEtzpS
  2. Company is people who are visiting other people; people who are in other peoples' house so that they can talk to the other people, or people who are walking with other people or being somewhere with other people.
    Sense id: simple-company-en-noun-VpFuup86
  3. When someone keeps someone else company, they stay with the person.
    Sense id: simple-company-en-noun-s2RYGmCL
  4. A company' is a unit of an army, it usually consists of two or three platoons to form a battalion.
    Sense id: simple-company-en-noun-PosYxxXD Categories (other): Military
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