company
1. com.pa.ny \'k*mp-(*-)ne-\ n [ME companie, fr. OF compagnie, fr. compain
companion, fr. LL] companio 1a: association with another : FELLOWSHIP 1b:
COMPANIONS, ASSOCIATES 1c: VISITORS, GUESTS 2a: a group of persons or
things 2b: a body of soldiers; specif : an unit (as of infantry) consistin
g usu. of a headquarters and two or more platoons 2c: an organization of
musical or dramatic performers {opera ~} 2d: the officers and men of a
ship 2e: a fire-fighting unit 2f: a local congregation of Jehovah's
Witnesses 3a: a chartered commercial organization or medieval trade guild
3b: an association of persons for carrying on a commercial or industrial en
terprise 3c: those members of a partnership firm whose names do not appear
in the fi rm name {John Doe and Company}
2. company vt : ACCOMPANY, ASSOCIATE