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com·pa·ny / ˈkəmpənē/ • n. (pl. -nies) 1. a commercial business. 2. the fact or condition of being with another or others, esp. in a way that provides friendship and enjoyment: I could do with some company. ∎ a person or people seen as a source of such friendship and enjoyment: she is excellent company. ∎ the person or group of people whose society someone is currently sharing: he was silent among such distinguished company. ∎ a visiting person or group of people: I'm expecting company. 3. a number of individuals gathered together, esp. for a particular purpose. ∎ a body of soldiers, esp. the smallest subdivision of an infantry battalion, typically commanded by a major or captain. ∎ a group of actors, singers, or dancers who perform together. • v. (-nies, -nied) [intr.] (company with) poetic/lit. associate with; keep company with. ∎ [tr.] archaic accompany (someone). PHRASES: be in good company be in the same situation as someone important or respected: if you spot the ghost, you are in good company: King George V saw it too. in company with together with. keep someone company accompany or spend time with someone in order to prevent them from feeling lonely or bored. ∎ engage in the same activity as someone else in order to be sociable: I'll have a drink myself, just to keep you company. keep company with associate with habitually. ∎ have a social or romantic relationship with; date. part companysee part. |
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"company." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "company." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-company.html "company." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-company.html |
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Company (1970), a musical play by George Furth (book), Stephen Sondheim (music, lyrics). [Alvin Theatre, 706 perf.; Tony Award.] An essentially plotless concept musical, it centered on the young bachelor Robert ( Dean Jones) and his married friends who, in their efforts to help him, reveal both the flaws and the joys in their marriages. In the end, Robert is not certain that either bachelorhood or marriage is an answer, but he cries out, “Somebody crowd me with love” and assist him to survive “Being Alive.” Notable songs: Another Hundred People; The Ladies Who Lunch; The Little Things You Do Together; Side by Side by Side; Someone Is Waiting. A brilliantly innovative musical, capped by Sondheim's witty, observant lyrics and producer‐director Hal Prince's fluid staging, as well as Michael Bennett's excellent dances and Elaine Stritch's show‐stopping delivery of “The Ladies Who Lunch,” it was characterized by Clive Barnes of the Times as “a very New York show,” filled with the sort of “masochistic fun” that especially delighted its generation of New Yorkers. A Roundabout Theatre revival in 1995 met with mixed notices.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Company." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Company." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Company.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Company." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Company.html |
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company Group of people who agree to work together as a firm or business. The legal responsibility of running a company rests with its board of directors which, if the business has raised finance by selling shares in the company, has to account to its shareholders. In a private company, the directors sell shares to whomever they please (sometimes the only shareholders are the directors). The shares of a public company can be bought and sold by anyone through a stock exchange. In a public limited company (plc), the legal liability of its shareholders is limited to the value of their shares. See also corporation
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"company." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "company." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-company.html "company." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-company.html |
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Companya band, retinue, or fellowship; a retinue or train; a collection, assemblage, or multitude of people, beasts, birds, etc. See also assembly, band, bevy, party. Examples: company of actors [often used collectively as “the company”]; of apostles, 1548; of fair maidens, 1325; of fowls, 1393; of fine glasses, 1621; of islands, 1677; of moles; of musicians; of parrots; of players; of prophets; of small roots, 1577; of ships [merchant fleet]; of soldiers; of turbot, 1864; of widgeon, 1856. |
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"Company." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Company." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300376.html "Company." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300376.html |
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company a man is known by the company he keeps originally used as a moral maxim or exhortation in the context of (preparation for) marriage, and recorded in English from the mid 16th century.
the company makes the feast the success of a social occasion depends on those present rather than on the food and drink provided. Saying recorded from the mid 17th century. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "company." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "company." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-company.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "company." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-company.html |
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company n. pl. -ies
1. a body of soldiers, especially the smallest subdivision of an infantry battalion, typically commanded by a major or captain: the troops of C Company. 2. (the Company) informal the Central Intelligence Agency. ship's company the entire crew of a ship. |
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"company." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "company." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-company.html "company." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-company.html |
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COMPANYAn organization of individuals conducting a commercial or industrial enterprise. A corporation, partnership, association, or joint stock company. |
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"Company." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Company." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437700998.html "Company." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437700998.html |
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company, the whole crew of a ship, including all officers and men.
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"company." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "company." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-company.html "company." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-company.html |
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company
•Léonie, peony
•Tierney
•Briony, bryony, Hermione
•tourney • ebony • Albany
•chalcedony • Alderney
•Persephone, Stephanie, telephony
•antiphony, epiphany, polyphony, tiffany
•symphony
•cacophony, homophony, theophany, Zoffany
•euphony • agony • garganey
•Antigone
•cosmogony, mahogany, theogony
•balcony • Gascony • Tuscany
•calumny
•felony, Melanie, miscellany
•villainy • colony
•Chamonix, salmony, scammony, Tammany
•harmony
•anemone, Emeny, hegemony, lemony, Yemeni
•alimony, palimony
•agrimony • acrimony
•matrimony, patrimony
•ceremony • parsimony • antimony
•sanctimony • testimony • simony
•Romany • Germany • threepenny
•timpani • sixpenny • tuppenny
•accompany, company
•barony • saffrony • tyranny
•synchrony • irony • saxony • cushiony
•Anthony • betony
•Brittany, dittany, litany
•botany, cottony, monotony
•gluttony, muttony
•Bethany • oniony • raisiny
•attorney, Burney, Czerny, Ernie, ferny, gurney, journey, Verny
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"company." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "company." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-company.html "company." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-company.html |
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