Company People Group I Parted ˈkʌmpəni Extra Examples

• insurance/oil/tech/technology/pharmaceutical companies
• it is the world's largest software company.
• he works for the national bus company.
• carrington and company of london

company

1. a business organization that makes money by producing or selling goods or services
• SEE ALSO finance company
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/finance-company
• insurance/oil/tech/technology/pharmaceutical companies
• It is the world's largest software company.
• He works for the National Bus Company.
• Carrington and Company of London
• a large/small company
• She runs her own TV production company.
• to own/start/found a company
• Smoking in the workplace is against company policy.
• Company profits were 5 per cent lower than last year.
• a company executive/director
• a company pension

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• During the recession many small companies went out of business.
• He has shares in several companies.
• She's been working for the same company for 15 years.
• The company has been taken over by a rival.
• The company produces cotton goods.
• a major European company
• a public limited company
• a small insurance company
• a small start-up software company
• an international trading company
• the division of power within a company
• It is company policy not to allow smoking in the building.
• Mike gets a company car with his new job.
• She joined the company in 2009.
• During the 1980s it was one of the largest computer companies in the world.
• This new car has been developed with parent company Toyota.
2. a group of people who work or perform together
• a theatre/dance, etc. company
• the Royal Shakespeare Company
• a small touring opera company
3. the fact of being with somebody else and not alone
• I enjoy Jo's company (= I enjoy being with her).
• a pleasant evening in the company of friends
• She enjoys her own company (= being by herself) when she is travelling.
• The children are very good company (= pleasant to be with) at this age.
• He's coming with me for company.

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• He's nervous in the company of his colleagues.
• He's very good company.
• I always enjoy her company.
• I took my mother with me for company.
• It's nice to have a bit of company for a change.
4. guests in your house
• I didn't realize you had company.

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• We're expecting company this afternoon.
• The dining room was only used when they had company.
5. a group of people together
• She told the assembled company what had happened.
• It is bad manners to whisper in company (= in a group of people).

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• Those children don't know how to behave in company.
• He glanced around the assembled company.
• It's not the type of joke you'd tell in mixed company (= in a group of people of both sexes).
6. a group of soldiers that is part of a battalion
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
• He parted ways with the team at the end of the season.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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

Word Origin

• Middle English (in senses (2) to (6)): from Old French compainie; related to compaignon, literally ‘one who breaks bread with another’, based on Latin com- ‘together with’ + panis ‘bread’.