company that verifies, certifies, holds an escrow for, insures, and holds responsibility for the real estate transactions.

A company that engages in no substantive business activities, but instead exists as a vehicle for legal or financial transactions, typically to shield another party from liability or other issues.

(firefighting, US) An organization whose purpose is to extinguish fires. / (firefighting, US) A single emergency response unit and its personnel within a fire department

(business) a company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services

A guild of the City of London, some now incorporated and taking part in local government.

A marching formation consisting of a line of people standing side by side in a row.

(US) a company that has been granted a charter legally recognizing it as a separate entity having its own privileges, rights, and liabilities distinct from other businesses and persons.

(historical) A device used to impress a company's name and/or symbol onto a dollop of soft red wax attached to a legal instrument, where two directors or one director and the secretary could sign as witnesses, thus executing the instrument.

Companions of either gender who do morally questionable things.

(business) A company that owns or controls one or more other companies.