Company Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

I always enjoy her company.

companionship; fellowship; association: I always enjoy her company.

companionship; fellowship; association: I always enjoy her company.

an assemblage of persons for social purposes.

an assemblage of persons for social purposes.

We’re having company for dinner.

a guest or guests: We’re having company for dinner.

a guest or guests: We’re having company for dinner.

a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.

a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.

one’s usual companions:

I don’t like the company he keeps.

society collectively.

a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, especially for business:

a publishing company; a dance company.

(

initial capital letter

)

the members of a firm not specifically named in the firm’s title:

George Higgins and Company.

Military

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  1. the smallest body of troops, consisting of a headquarters and two or three platoons.

  2. any relatively small group of soldiers.

  3. Army

    .

    a basic unit with both tactical and administrative functions.

a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus:

a hook-and-ladder company.

Also called ship’s company

a ship’s crew, including the officers.

a medieval trade guild.

the Company,

Informal

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a nation’s major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.