Definition/Meaning of company

• English - Noun: company ( countable and uncountable , plural companies ) A team; a group of people who work together professionally . A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose . A company of actors . ( military ) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers , typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion . the boys in Company C A unit of…
• English - Verb: company ( third-person singular simple present companies , present participle companying , simple past and past participle companied ) ( archaic , transitive ) To accompany , keep company with . 1526 , William Tyndale , trans . Bible , Acts X: Ye dooe knowe howe thatt hytt ys an unlawefull thynge for a man beynge a iewe to company or come unto an alient [...]. 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In…
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK , US ) IPA (key) : /ˈkʌmpəni/
• English - Etymology: From Old French compaignie ( “ companionship ” ) (Modern French: compagnie ), possibly from Late Latin * compania , but this word is not attested . Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon (Modern French: compagnon ) + -ie . More at companion .
• Catalan - Pronunciation: ( Eastern ) IPA (key) : /kumˈpaɲ/ ( Western ) IPA (key) : /komˈpaɲ/