Definition of Company

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Company

The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.

A companion or companions.

An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient.

Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.

Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.

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.

Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.

A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.

The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.

The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.

To accompany or go with; to be companion to.

To associate.

To be a gay companion.

To have sexual commerce.

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Company Quotations

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Mark Twain

It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
Warren Buffett

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
Warren Buffett

Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
Vince Lombardi

A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.
Bill Cosby

Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible to talk in polite company.
Friedrich Nietzsche

It is better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
George Washington

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company.
George Washington

Company Translations

company in Afrikaans is firma
company in Danish is firma
company in Dutch is handelshuis, handelsfirma, firma
company in French is maison de commerce, social
company in German is Unternehmen, Gesellschaft
company in Italian is ditta, comitiva, impresa, intraprendere
company in Latin is vexillum
company in Portuguese is companhia

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