–noun

1.	an automobile.

2.	a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car.

3.	the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc.

4.	British Dialect. any wheeled vehicle, as a farm cart or wagon.

5.	Literary. a chariot, as of war or triumph.

6.	Archaic. cart; carriage.

–noun

1.	an amount received or paid as rent.

2.	the act of renting.

3.	an apartment, house, car, etc., offered or given for rent.

4.	an income arising from rents received.

5.	a rent-roll.

–adjective

6.	of or pertaining to rent.

7.	available for rent.

8.	engaged in the business of providing rentals: a rental agency.

–noun

1.	a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.

2.	a guest or guests: We're having company for dinner.

3.	an assemblage of persons for social purposes.

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companionship; fellowship; association: I always enjoy her company.

5.	one's usual companions: I don't like the company he keeps.

6.	society collectively.

7.	a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, esp. for business: a publishing company; a dance company.

8.	(initial capital letter) the members of a firm not specifically named in the firm's title: George Hi ed2 ggins and Company.

9.	Military. a. the smallest body of troops, consisting of a headquarters and two or three platoons. b. any relatively small group of soldiers. c. Army. a basic unit with both tactical and administrative functions.

10.	a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus: a hook-and-ladder company.

11.	Also called ship's company. a ship's crew, including the officers.

12.	a medieval trade guild.

13.	the Company, Informal. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

–verb (used without object)

14.	Archaic. to associate.

–verb (used with object)

15.	Archaic. to accompany.

—Idioms

16.	keep company, a. to associate with; be a friend of. b. Informal. to go together, as in courtship: My sister has been keeping company with a young lawyer.

17.	part company, a. to cease association or friendship with: We parted company 20 years ago after the argument. b. to take a different or opposite view; differ: He parted company with his father on politics. c. to separate: We parted company at the airport.