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# company

«company» in Mova's school dictionary: **a business that makes or sells things or provides a service** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a company, companies; company, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A company is a business that makes or sells things or provides a service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/company/#m1)

2) Company is being with other people, so you are not alone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/company/#m2)

3) Company means guests or visitors in your home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/company/#m3)

4) A company is a group of actors, dancers or soldiers who work together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/company/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In social studies, companies employ workers, make products and earn money. In everyday life, "keep someone company" means stay with them so they are not lonely; pets are good company. Having "company" means visitors. In stories, "the company" can mean the group of people present. Phrases: keep someone company, in good company, have company, part company, a theatre company, a toy company.

### examples

- Dad works for a big computer company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/company/#x1)
- Thank you for keeping me company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/company/#x2)
- Our dog is good company for Grandma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/company/#x3)
- We're having company for dinner tonight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/company/#x4)
- The theatre company performed Peter Pan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/company/#x5)
- That company makes bikes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/company/#x6)
- Two's company, three's a crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/company/#x7)
- Then you will surely have company enough.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/company/#x8)

### note

Plural companies (y to ies). "Company" meaning being with people is uncountable: "I enjoy her company", not "her companies". Abbreviations in names: Co., Ltd (UK), Inc. (USA).

### In the corpora

- [A debit card spends money already in the account; a credit card borrows money from the card company to be paid back later.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/11/)
- [Betting companies set the odds so that, overall, they always make money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/13/)
- [When a grandparent is "slowing down", they may need more help, more doctor visits and more company from their family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/40-being-a-good-grown-up/14/)
- [Even when a bot forgets, the company may still store what you typed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/12/)
- [Companies set safety rules for what their bots should not do, so a bot may politely refuse a request.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «company» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/company/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.