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co.

co. is the abbreviation of company.

co. is the abbreviation of county.

Meaning of company

Noun

company (countable and uncountable, plural companies)

  1. A team; a group of people who work together for a common purpose.
    • a company of knights
    1. A group of performing artists who put on shows together.
      • a company of actors
    2. The crew of a ship.
      • a ship's company
    3. A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
      • the boys in Company C
    4. A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
      • It took six companies to put out the fire.
    5. (informal) An intelligence service.
      • As he had worked for the CIA for over 30 years, he would soon take retirement from the company.

See all 18 meanings of company

Meaning of county

Noun

county (countable and uncountable, plural counties)

  1. (historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.
    • The first of the principalities of the Low Countries to take clear shape was the county of Flanders.2018, Paul Arblaster, A History of the Low Countries
    Synonyms:
    countship, countdom
  2. An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).
    • Entire states such as California, Illinois and New York are now sanctuaries, as well as major cities and counties such as Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and the District of Columbia in the capital region, according to the list. […] FAIR says the county is a sanctuary because it...2018 May 10, Stephen Dinan, “Half of all Americans now live in ‘sanctuaries’ protecting immigrants”, in The Washington Times
    Synonyms:
    hsien
  3. A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
    • traditional county
  4. (US, slang, uncountable) A jail operated by a county government.
    • He can't come; he's up in the county for agg assault.

See all 5 meanings of county

Noun (1) capitalized: Co.

Co.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of company (often used as "& Co." (and company))
    • The project was co-created by Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co. Ltd., a German Consortium consisting of Siemens AG, Thyssen Transrapid GMBH and Transrapid International GMBH.2019 March 4, Maggie Hiufu Wong, “China to introduce new generation of driverless trains in 2020”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2020
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of county, alternative form of Co.

Noun (2) capitalized: CO.

CO.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of company (often used as "& Co." (and company))

Forms of co.

pluralcos.
alternative formco
alternative formCo.
alternative formCo
alternative formco.

Words formed from co.

Phrases with co.

Questions about co.

What is co. the abbreviation of?
Co. is the abbreviation of company.
What part of speech is co.?
Co. is a noun.
What is the plural of co.?
The plural of co. is cos..

Words near co. in the dictionary

  1. co-writing
  2. co-written
  3. co-wrote
  4. co-zidocapt
  5. co-öperative
  6. co.
  7. coa
  8. coabuse
  9. coabuser
  10. coabusers
  11. coacceptor

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: co. (page history and authors); Co. (page history and authors); CO. (page history and authors); company (page history and authors); county (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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