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Company: Definition of Company in Webster's Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 result(s) found for
Company
:
(n.)
The
state
of
being
a
companion
or
companions;
the
act
of
accompanying;
fellowship;
companionship;
society;
friendly
intercourse.
(n.)
A
companion
or
companions.
(n.)
An
assemblage
or
association
of
persons,
either
permanent
or
transient.
(n.)
Guests
or
visitors,
in
distinction
from
the
members
of
a
family;
as,
to
invite
company
to
dine.
(n.)
Society,
in
general;
people
assembled
for
social
intercourse.
(n.)
An
association
of
persons
for
the
purpose
of
carrying
on
some
enterprise
or
business;
a
corporation;
a
firm;
as,
the
East
India
Company;
an
insurance
company;
a
joint-stock
company.
(n.)
Partners
in
a
firm
whose
names
are
not
mentioned
in
its
style
or
title;
--
often
abbreviated
in
writing;
as,
Hottinguer
&
Co.
(n.)
A
subdivision
of
a
regiment
of
troops
under
the
command
of
a
captain,
numbering
in
the
United
States
(full
strength)
100
men.
(n.)
The
crew
of
a
ship,
including
the
officers;
as,
a
whole
ship's
company.
(n.)
The
body
of
actors
employed
in
a
theater
or
in
the
production
of
a
play.
(v. t.)
To
accompany
or
go
with;
to
be
companion
to.
(v. i.)
To
associate.
(v. i.)
To
be
a
gay
companion.
(v. i.)
To
have
sexual
commerce.
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