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company towns

company towns is the plural of company town.

Meaning of company town

Noun

company town (plural company towns)

  1. (idiomatic) A town, city, or other municipality in which a single large business has a controlling influence over the economy and, sometimes, over the societal structure and the local government.
    • The workmen lived farther along the line, in a sort of company town, which at present greatly resembled a Western mining-camp, though ultimately it was to be a bungalow town.1917, Arthur B. Reeve, chapter 5, in The Treasure-Train

Questions about company towns

What is company towns the plural of?
Company towns is the plural of company town.

Words near company towns in the dictionary

  1. company sergeants major
  2. company store
  3. company stores
  4. company time
  5. company town
  6. company towns
  7. company union
  8. company unions
  9. company-specific
  10. company-store
  11. company-stores

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