different between company vs shop

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)

1. A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
   1. A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.

   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.
   3. A unit of firefighters and their equipment.

   4. (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
   5. (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.

2. A small group of birds or animals.
3. (law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
4. (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
5. (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
6. (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)

1. (archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To associate.
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion.

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4. (obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
   • a. 1656, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. I. F.

     companying with Infidels may not be simply condemned

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)

1. companion, colleague
2. 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

1. Alternative form of companye

English

Etymology

From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English s?eoppa, s?oppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“spade, kick”), German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”), French échoppe (“booth, shop”) (< Germanic).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p/
• (US) enPR: shäp, IPA^(key): /??p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

shop (countable and uncountable, plural shops)

1. An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.

   • From shop to shop / Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks / The polished counter.

2. A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
3. A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
4. Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
5. (figuratively, uncountable) Discussion of business or professional affairs.
6. A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
7. An establishment where a barber or beautician works.

   a barber shop

8. An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.

   This is where I do my weekly shop.

Synonyms

• (establishment that sells goods): boutique, retail outlet, store (US); see also Thesaurus:retail store
• (place where things are crafted): atelier, studio, workshop
• (automobile mechanic's workplace): garage
• (workplace): office, place of work, workplace
• (wood shop): carpentry, wood shop, woodwork
• (metal shop): metal shop, metalwork

Derived terms

Related terms

• shoppe

Descendants

Translations

Verb

shop (third-person singular simple present shops, present participle shopping, simple past and past participle shopped)

1. (intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.

   I went shopping early before the Christmas rush.

   He’s shopping for clothes.

2. (transitive) To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).

   Shop our new arrivals.

   • 1988, Sylvia Harney, Married beyond recognition: a humorous look at marriage (page 90)

     You fantasized about having unhurried afternoons before the baby arrived to leisurely shop your favorite boutiques. Then the first crash hits — you no longer have the money to shop your favorite boutiques.

3. (transitive, slang, chiefly Britain) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.

   He shopped his mates in to the police.

4. (transitive, slang, chiefly Britain) To imprison.
5. (transitive, Internet slang) To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

Synonyms

• (to report a criminal to authority): grass up (slang)

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Interjection

shop

1. (dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

Further reading

• shop at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Hosp., OHPs, PHOs, Posh, Soph, hops, hosp, phos, posh, soph

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation

Noun

shop m (plural shops, diminutive shopje n)

1. shop

   Synonym: winkel

Derived terms

• koffieshop

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??op/, [??o?p]

Noun

shop

1. (Anglism) Alternative form of shoppi (establishment that sells goods or services to the public).

Declension