📒 a business organization that makes money by producing or selling goods or services
- insurance/oil/tech/technology/pharmaceutical companies
- It is the world's largest software company.
- He works for the National Bus Company.
📒 a group of people who work or perform together
- a theatre/dance, etc. company
- the Royal Shakespeare Company
- a small touring opera company
📒 the fact of being with somebody else and not alone
- somebody's company I enjoy Jo's company (= I enjoy being with her).
- in the company of somebody a pleasant evening in the company of friends
- She enjoys her own company (= being by herself) when she is travelling.
📒 guests in your house
- I didn't realize you had company.
- We're expecting company this afternoon.
- The dining room was only used when they had company.
📒 a group of people together
- She told the assembled company what had happened.
- in company It is bad manners to whisper in company (= in a group of people).
- Those children don't know how to behave in company.
📒 a group of soldiers that is part of a battalion
📒 the people that somebody spends time with
- Judging by the company he kept, Mark must have been a wealthy man.
- John's mother was worried about the company he kept.
📒 to be friends with people that others think are bad
- They worried about their teenage son getting into bad company.
- He got into bad company and got involved in drugs.
📒 together with or at the same time as somebody/something
- She arrived in company with the ship's captain.
- The US dollar went through a difficult time, in company with the oil market.
📒 if you say that somebody is in good company, you mean that they should not worry about a mistake, etc. because somebody else, especially somebody more important, has done the same thing
- If you worry about your relationship with your teenage son or daughter, you are in good company. Many parents share these worries.
📒 to stay with somebody so that they are not alone
- I'll keep you company while you're waiting.
- I'll stay and keep you company.
📒 to leave somebody; to end a relationship with somebody
- This is where we part company (= go in different directions).
- The band have parted company with their manager.
- The band and their manager have parted company.
📒 to disagree with somebody about something
- Weber parted company with Marx on a number of important issues.
- The two leaders parted ways on this question.
📒 used after being rude or critical about somebody to say that the people you are talking to are not included in the criticism
- The people in this office are so narrow-minded, present company excepted, of course.
📒 used to suggest that it is better to be in a group of only two people than have a third person with you as well