company

Betekenis

Noun

1. A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
2. A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
3. A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
4. A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
5. (informal) A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
6. A small group of birds or animals.
7. An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
8. Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
9. Social visitors or companions.
10. Companionship.

Verb

1. To accompany, keep company with.
2. To associate.
3. (obsolete) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
4. (obsolete) To have sexual intercourse.

Koppelteken as

com‧pany

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/

Etimologie

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.
Displaced native Old English werod, gefer, getæl, and hired.