'Companies' definitions:
Definition of 'Companies'
From: GCIDE
- Company \Com"pa*ny\ (k[u^]m"p[.a]*n[y^]), n.; pl. Companies (k[u^]m"p[.a]*n[i^]z). [F. compagnie, fr. OF. compaing. See Companion.]
- 1. The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Evil company doth corrupt good manners. --1 Cor. xv.
- 33. (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster]
- Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not wish. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A companion or companions. [1913 Webster]
- To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient. [1913 Webster]
- Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. --1 Sam. x. 5. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse. [1913 Webster]
- Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 6. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Mil.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Naut.) The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company. [1913 Webster]
- 10. The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play. [1913 Webster]
- To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t.
- Syn: Assemblage; assembly; society; group; circle; crowd; troop; crew; gang; corporation; association; fraternity; guild; partnership; copartnery; union; club; party; gathering. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Companies'
- Companiable,
- Companied,
- Company,
- Companying,
- Fire company,
- Flank company,
- Foot company,
- Hose company,
- Independent company,
- Insurance company,
- Limited company,
- Ship's company,
- Stock company,
- The Company of Moneyers,
- To keep company with,
- To part company,
- Trust company,
- Yazoo Companies,
- auto company,
- ballet company,
- banking company,
- broadcasting company,
- bus company,
- car company,
- company man,
- company name,
- company operator,
- company union,
- consulting company,
- drug company,
- electric company,
- electronics company,
- film company,
- finance company,
- food company,
- furniture company,
- gas company,
- holding company,
- investment company,
- keep company,
- ladder company,
- light company,
- livery company,
- mining company,
- moving company,
- mutual company,
- oil company,
- opera company,
- packaging company,
- part company,
- pharmaceutical company,
- phone company,
- pipeline company,
- power company,
- printing company,
- publishing company,
- record company,
- removal company,
- repertory company,
- shipping company,
- steamship company,
- steel company,
- subsidiary company,
- target company,
- telephone company,
- theater company,
- transportation company,
- trucking company,
- water company,
- Mutual insurance company,
- bank holding company,
- captive finance company,
- commercial credit company,
- commercial finance company,
- consumer finance company,
- dot com company,
- east india company,
- industrial loan company,
- multibank holding company,
- mutual fund company,
- public utility company,
- sales finance company,
- small loan company,
- Joint-stock company,
- hook-and-ladder company,
- closed-end investment company,
- face-amount certificate company,
- open-end investment company