Company (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural com·pa·nies.
  1. a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
  2. a guest or guests: We're having company for dinner.
  3. an assemblage of persons for social purposes.
  4. companionship; fellowship; association: I always enjoy her company.
  5. one's usual companions: I don't like the company he keeps.
  6. society collectively.
  7. a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, especially for business: a publishing company;a dance company.
  8. the members of a firm not specifically named in the firm's title: George Higgins and Company.
  9. Military.
    • the smallest body of troops, consisting of a headquarters and two or three platoons.
    • any relatively small group of soldiers.
    • a basic unit with both tactical and administrative functions.
  10. a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus: a hook-and-ladder company.
  11. a ship's crew, including the officers.
  12. a medieval trade guild.
  13. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
verb (used without object), com·pa·nied, com·pa·ny·ing.
  1. to associate.
verb (used with object), com·pa·nied, com·pa·ny·ing.
  1. to accompany.
Idioms
  1. keep company,
    • to associate with; be a friend of.
    • to go together, as in courtship: My sister has been keeping company with a young lawyer.
  2. part company,
    • to cease association or friendship with: We parted company 20 years ago after the argument.
    • to take a different or opposite view; differ: He parted company with his father on politics.
    • to separate: We parted company at the airport.
noun plural -nies
  1. a number of people gathered together; assembly
  2. the fact of being with someone; companionship
  3. a social visitor or visitors; guest or guests
  4. a business enterprise
  5. the members of an enterprise not specifically mentioned in the enterprise's title
  6. a group of actors, usually including business and technical personnel
  7. a unit of around 100 troops, usually comprising two or more platoons
  8. the officers and crew of a ship
  9. a unit of Girl Guides
  10. a medieval guild
  11. keep company or bear company
    • to accompany (someone)
    • (esp of lovers) to associate with each other; spend time together
  12. part company
    • to end a friendship or association, esp as a result of a quarrel; separate
    • to leave; go away (from); be separated (from)
verb -nies, -nying or -nied
  1. to keep company or associate (with someone)
Company (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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