companies

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.

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