company

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/ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/

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a business that sells things or provides services

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The company worked late to finish the project before the deadline.

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意味（1）

A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.

A company of actors.

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意味（2）

(military) 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

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意味（3）

A unit of firefighters and their equipment.

It took six companies to put out the fire.

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(nautical) The entire crew of a ship.

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(espionage, 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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意味（6）

A small group of birds or animals.

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(law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.

[…] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh.[…]If she had her way, she’d ruin the company inside a year with her hare-brained schemes; love of the people, and that sort of guff.

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意味（8）

(business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.

In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.

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意味（9）

(uncountable) Social visitors or companions.

Keep the house clean; I have company coming.

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意味（10）

(uncountable) Companionship.

I treasure your company.

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companies （ 複数形 ）