Толковый словарь английского языка - company
Company
company
I. noun (plural -nies) Usage: often attributive see: companion Date: 13th century 1. association with another ; fellowship , companions, associates , visitors, guests , 2. a group of persons or things , a body of soldiers, an organization of performing artists, the officers and crew of a ship, a firefighting unit, 3. a chartered commercial organization or medieval trade guild, an association of persons for carrying on a commercial or industrial enterprise, those members of a partnership firm whose names do not appear in the firm name , II. verb (-nied; -nying) Date: 14th century transitive verb ac~ , intransitive verb associate
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n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a number of people assembled; a crowd; an audience (addressed the company). b guests or a guest (am expecting company). 2 a state of being a companion or fellow; companionship, esp. of a specific kind (enjoys low company; do not care for his company). 3 a a commercial business. b (usu. Co.) the partner or partners not named in the title of a firm (Smith and Co.). 4 a troupe of actors or entertainers. 5 Mil. a subdivision of an infantry battalion usu. commanded by a major or a captain. 6 a group of Guides. --v. (-ies, -ied) 1 tr. archaic accompany. 2 intr. literary (often foll. by with) be a companion. Phrases and idioms company officer a captain or a lower commissioned officer. company Sergeant-major see SERGEANT. err (or be) in good company discover that one's companions, or better people, have done the same as oneself. good (or bad) company 1 a pleasant (or dull) companion. 2 a suitable (or unsuitable) associate or group of friends. in company not alone. in company with together with. keep company (often foll. by with) associate habitually. keep (archaic bear) a person company accompany a person; be sociable. part company (often foll. by with) cease to associate. ship's company the entire crew. Etymology: ME f. AF compainie, OF compai(g)nie f. Rmc (as COMPANION(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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