company

Definitions

1. 1.(Rev. Ver. ). Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not wish. Milton.
2. 2.A companion or companions. To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome. Shak.
3. 3.An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient. Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. 1 Sam. x.
4. 4.4. Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.
5. 5.Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse. Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company. Swift.
6. 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.
7. 7.Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.
8. 8.(Mil.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.
9. 9.(Naut.) The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.
10. 10.The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play. To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t.
11. 11.To accompany or go with; to be companion to. [Obs.]
12. 12.To associate. Men which have companied with us all the time. Acts i.
13. 13.2. To be a gay companion. [Obs.] Spenser.
14. 14.To have sexual commerce. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is company.

• What is . Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not wish. Milton called?
• What is a companion or companions. To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome. Shak called?
• What is an assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient. Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. 1 Sam. x called?
• What is 4. Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine called?
• What is society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse. Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company. Swift called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co called?
• What is a subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men called?
• What is the crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company called?
• What is the body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play. To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t called?
• What is to accompany or go with; to be companion to. [Obs.] called?
• What is to associate. Men which have companied with us all the time. Acts i called?
• What is 2. To be a gay companion. [Obs.] Spenser called?
• What is to have sexual commerce. [Obs.] Bp. Hall called?