Definition of a company?

Question

What is company?

Answer 1

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company
n 1: an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests
in large well-established companies"; "he started the
company in his garage"
2: organization of performers and associated personnel
(especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed
at the same hotel" [syn: troupe]
3: the state of being with someone; "he missed their company";
"he enjoyed the society of his friends" [syn: companionship,
fellowship, society]
4: small military unit; usually two or three platoons
5: a band of people associated temporarily in some activity;
"they organized a party to search for food"; "the company
of cooks walked into the kitchen" [syn: party]
6: a social gathering of guests or companions; "the house was
filled with company when I arrived"
7: a social or business visitor; "the room was a mess because
he hadn't expected company" [syn: caller]
8: a unit of firefighters including their equipment; "a
hook-and-ladder company"
9: crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or
personnel of a ship [syn: ship's company]
v : be a companion to somebody [syn: companion, accompany, keep
company]

As defined in: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Company \Com"pa*ny\, n.; pl. Companies. [F. compagnie, fr. OF.
compaing. See Companion.]
1. The state of being a companion or companions; the act of
accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly
intercourse. --Shak.

Evil company doth corrupt good manners. --1 Cor. xv.
33. (Rev.
Ver.).

Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not
wish. --Milton.

2. A companion or companions.

To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome.
--Shak.

3. An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent
or transient.

Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. --1 Sam. x.
5.

4. Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a
family; as, to invite company to dine.

5. Society, in general; people assembled for social
intercourse.

Nature has left every man a capacity of being
agreeable, though not of shining in company.
--Swift.

6. An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on
some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as,
the East India Company; an insurance company; a
joint-stock company.

7. Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its
style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as,
Hottinguer & Co.

8. (Mil.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the
command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full
strength) 100 men.

9. (Naut.) The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a
whole ship's company.

10. The body of actors employed in a theater or in the
production of a play.

To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t.

Syn: Assemblage; assembly; society; group; circle; crowd;
troop; crew; gang; corporation; association; fraternity;
guild; partnership; copartnery; union; club; party;
gathering.

As defined in: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Company \Com"pa*ny\ (k[u^]m"p[.a]*n[y^]), n.; pl. Companies
(k[u^]m"p[.a]*n[i^]z). [F. compagnie, fr. OF. compaing. See
Companion.]
1. The state of being a companion or companions; the act of
accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly
intercourse. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Evil company doth corrupt good manners. --1 Cor. xv.
33. (Rev.
Ver.).
[1913 Webster]

Brethren, farewell: your company along
I will not wish. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

2. A companion or companions.
[1913 Webster]

To thee and thy company I bid
A hearty welcome. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent
or transient.
[1913 Webster]

Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. --1 Sam. x.
5.
[1913 Webster]

4. Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a
family; as, to invite company to dine.
[1913 Webster]

5. Society, in general; people assembled for social
intercourse.
[1913 Webster]

Nature has left every man a capacity of being
agreeable, though not of shining in company.
--Swift.
[1913 Webster]

6. An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on
some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as,
the East India Company; an insurance company; a
joint-stock company.
[1913 Webster]

7. Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its
style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as,
Hottinguer & Co.
[1913 Webster]

8. (Mil.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the
command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full
strength) 100 men.
[1913 Webster]

9. (Naut.) The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a
whole ship's company.
[1913 Webster]

10. The body of actors employed in a theater or in the
production of a play.
[1913 Webster]

To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t.

Syn: Assemblage; assembly; society; group; circle; crowd;
troop; crew; gang; corporation; association; fraternity;
guild; partnership; copartnery; union; club; party;
gathering.
[1913 Webster]

As defined in: English Monolingual Dictionaries
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271 Moby Thesaurus words for "company":
Aktiengesellschaft, KP, ace, acting company, actors, affiliation,
age group, agency, aggregation, aktiebolag, amigo, army,
army group, assemblage, assembly, associate, associates,
association, atelier, attend, attendance, band, barbershop,
battalion, battery, battle group, bear, beauty parlor, beauty shop,
bedfellow, bedmate, bench, bevy, body, body corporate, bosom buddy,
brigade, bring, buddy, bunch, bunkie, bunkmate, business,
business establishment, butcher shop, butty, cabal, cadre, caller,
camarade, camaraderie, carry, cartel, cast, cast of characters,
chamber of commerce, chamberfellow, chaperon, characters, chorus,
chum, circle, circus troupe, classmate, clique, club, cohort,
colleague, collection, column, comate, combat command, combat team,
combine, commercial enterprise, community, compagnie, companion,
companions, companionship, compeer, complement, comrade, comrades,
comradeship, concern, conduct, confrere, conglomerate,
conglomerate corporation, congregation, consociate, consociation,
consolidating company, consort, consort with, consortium,
consortship, contingent, convention, convoy, cooperation,
copartner, copartnership, corporate body, corporation, corps,
corps de ballet, coterie, covey, crew, crony, crowd, desk,
detachment, detail, diversified corporation, division,
dramatis personae, eight, eleven, ensemble, enterprise, entourage,
establishment, facility, faction, fellow, fellow student,
fellowship, field army, field train, file, firm, first string,
first team, five, fleet, flock, flying column, followers,
following, fraternity, fraternization, freeloader, frequenter,
friends, gang, garrison, gate-crasher, gathering, girl friend,
gossip, group, grouping, groupment, guest, guests, habitue,
holding company, horde, house, in-group, industry, installation,
institution, joint-stock association, joint-stock company, junta,
kitchen police, legion, loft, maniple, mate, membership, messmate,
mob, moocher, movement, muster, nine, old crony, operating company,
order, organization, out-group, outfit, pack, pal, pard, pardner,
parlor, partaking, participation, partner, partnership, party,
peer group, phalanx, platoon, playfellow, playmate, plunderbund,
pool, posse, presence, proprietorship, public utility, rank,
regiment, repertory company, reserves, retinue, roommate,
rowing crew, ruck, salon, schoolfellow, schoolmate, second string,
second team, section, set, sharing, shipmate, shop, side partner,
sidekick, society, squad, squadron, stable, stock company, string,
studio, suite, supporting cast, sweatshop, syndicate,
tactical unit, task force, team, teammate, third string, throng,
trade association, train, tribe, troop, troupe, trust,
uninvited guest, unit, utility, varsity, visitant, visitor,
visitors, wing, work site, work space, workbench, workfellow,
workhouse, working space, workplace, workroom, workshop, worktable,
yokefellow, yokemate




As defined in: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Answer 2

A company is a form of corporation (a separate legal entity). In other words, the managers who manage the company are separate from the people who own the company (the shareholders) A company can fall into the following types.

Limited Companies

A company whose members are liable only to the extent of the amount of the issue price unpaid on shares, or to the extent of a guaranteed amount

Unlimited companies

A company in which members are fully liable for all debts of the company

No-liability Company

A company that does not have a right to require shareholders to make any contribution towards the debts of the company, that is, there is no liability on the part of the shareholders to pay any calls on shares to the company. Non-payment of calls leads to automatic forfeiture of shares

Companies limited by guarantee

A public company whose members undertake to contribute a guaranteed amount if the company is wound up. Note that a company limited by guarantee does not have the power to issue shares.

Answer 3

A company is an institution created to conduct business. A "company" means a company incorporated pursuant to an Act or pursuant to any corresponding previous written law. Any person may, whether alone or together with another person, by subscribing his name or their names to a memorandum and complying with the requirements as to registration, form an incorporated company.

A company may be —
(a) a company limited by shares;
(b) a company limited by guarantee; or
(c) an unlimited company.

"company having a share capital" includes an unlimited company with a share capital;

"company limited by guarantee" means a company formed on the principle of having the liability of its members limited by the memorandum to such amount as the members may respectively undertake to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of its being wound up; and

"company limited by shares" means a company formed on the principle of having the liability of its members limited by the memorandum to the amount, if any, unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.

A private company is a company whose shares are not traded on the open market.
A public company is a company which has issued securities through an offering, and which are now traded on the open market. also called publicly held or publicly traded. Opposite of private company.

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Answer 5

a company government registered
some products
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Answer 6

A business entity.