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company
English
Alternative forms
- companie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania, but this word is not attested. Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon (Modern French: compagnon) + -ie. More at companion.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?mp(?)ni/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?mp?ni/
- Hyphenation: com?pany
Noun
company (countable and uncountable, plural companies)
- A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- (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.
- A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
- (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
- (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- A small group of birds or animals.
- (law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
- (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
- (uncountable) Companionship.
Synonyms
- (in legal context, a corporation): corporation
- (group of individuals with a common purpose): association, companionship, fellowship, organization, society
- (companionship): fellowship, friendship, mateship
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- accompany
- companion
- discompany
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ????? (kampn?)
Translations
Verb
company (third-person singular simple present companies, present participle companying, simple past and past participle companied)
- (archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
- (archaic, intransitive) To associate.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
- a. 1656, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. I. F.
- companying with Infidels may not be simply condemned
- a. 1656, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. I. F.
Synonyms
- (to accompany): attend, escort, go with
- (to have sexual intercourse): fornicate, have sex, make love; see also Thesaurus:copulate
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kom?pa?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kum?pa?/
Noun
company m (plural companys, feminine companya)
- companion, colleague
- partner, mate
Derived terms
- acompanyar
Related terms
- companyia
Further reading
- “company” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Middle English
Noun
company
- Alternative form of companye
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accumulation
English
Etymology
- First attested in the late 15th century.
- accumulate +? -ion, or borrowed from Latin accumulatio, accumulationis. Doublet of accumulatio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.?kju?m.j?.?le?.??n/
- Hyphenation: ac?cu?mu?la?tion
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
accumulation (countable and uncountable, plural accumulations)
- The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
- The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
- A mass of something piled up or collected.
- (law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
- (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
- (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
- (Britain, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
Synonyms
- (accounting): retained earnings
Antonyms
- decumulation
Related terms
- accumulate
- accumulator
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin accumulatio, accumulationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ky.my.la.sj??/
Noun
accumulation f (plural accumulations)
- accumulation (action of accumulating)
- accumulation (result of accumulating)
Related terms
- accumuler
Further reading
- “accumulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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