company
noun
[ ˈkʌmp(ə)ni ]
• a commercial business.
• "a shipping company"
Similar:
firm,
business,
corporation,
house,
establishment,
agency,
office,
bureau,
institution,
organization,
operation,
concern,
enterprise,
venture,
undertaking,
practice,
conglomerate,
consortium,
syndicate,
group,
chain,
combine,
multiple,
multinational,
outfit,
set-up,
• the fact or condition of being with another or others, especially in a way that provides friendship and enjoyment.
• "I really enjoy his company"
Similar:
companionship,
presence,
friendship,
fellowship,
closeness,
amity,
camaraderie,
comradeship,
society,
association,
• a number of individuals gathered together.
• "the Mayor addressed the assembled company"
• a flock of wigeon (ducks).
• "a company of wigeons occasionally numbers several thousand birds"
company
verb
• associate with; keep company with.
• "these men which have companied with us all this time"
Origin:
Middle English (in company (sense 2 of the noun, sense 3 of the noun)): from Old French compainie ; related to compaignon (see companion1).
