company

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /'kʌmpəni/
• SAMPA: /"kVmp@ni/

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Noun

Singular company

Plural companies

1. (countable) A company is an organization for doing work for money.

   He works for a big company.

   I own this company, so it's a problem for me if people don't buy what we make.

2. (uncountable) 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.

   I can't talk to you on the phone right now, because I have company. (people in the house.)

3. (uncountable) When someone keeps someone else company, they stay with the person.

   Will you keep me company while I go to mail this letter?

4. (military) A company' is a unit of an army, it usually consists of two or three platoons to form a battalion.

Related words

• accompany
• friend
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