Company vs. Corporation

Companynoun

A team; a group of people who work together professionally.

Companynoun

A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.

Companynoun

(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.

Companynoun

A unit of firefighters and their equipment.

Companynoun

(nautical) The entire crew of a ship.

Companynoun

An intelligence service.

Companynoun

(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.

Companynoun

(business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.

Companynoun

(uncountable) Social visitors or companions.

Companynoun

(uncountable) Companionship.

Companyverb

To accompany, keep company with.

Companyverb

To associate.

Companyverb

To be a lively, cheerful companion.

Companyverb

To have sexual intercourse.

Companynoun

The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.

Companynoun

A companion or companions.

Companynoun

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

Companynoun

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

Companynoun

Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.

Companynoun

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.

Companynoun

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

Companynoun

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

Companynoun

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

Companynoun

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

Companyverb

To accompany or go with; to be companion to.

Companyverb

To associate.

Companyverb

To be a gay companion.

Companyverb

To have sexual commerce.

Companynoun

an institution created to conduct business;

Companynoun

organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical);

Companynoun

the state of being with someone;

Companynoun

small military unit; usually two or three platoons

Companynoun

a band of people associated temporarily in some activity;

Companynoun

a social gathering of guests or companions;

Companynoun

a social or business visitor;

Companynoun

a unit of firefighters including their equipment;

Companynoun

crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship

Companyverb

be a companion to somebody

Companynoun

a commercial business

Companynoun

the fact or condition of being with another or others, especially in a way that provides friendship and enjoyment

Companynoun

a person or people regarded as pleasant (or unpleasant) to be with

Companynoun

the person or group of people whose society one is currently sharing

Companynoun

a visiting person or group of people

Companynoun

a number of individuals gathered together

Companynoun

a body of soldiers, especially the smallest subdivision of an infantry battalion, typically commanded by a major or captain

Companynoun

a group of actors, singers, or dancers who perform together

Companynoun

a group of Guides.

Companynoun

a flock of wigeon (ducks)

Companyverb

associate with; keep company with

Companyverb

accompany (someone)

Company

A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared goals.

Corporationnoun

A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

Corporationnoun

(UK) The municipal governing body of a borough or city, in force since 1974 and obsolete except in the City of London.

Corporationnoun

(historical) In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives.

Corporationnoun

A protruding belly; a paunch.

Corporationnoun

A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual.

Corporationnoun

a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

Corporationnoun

slang terms for a paunch

Corporation

A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law a legal person in legal context) and recognized as such in law for certain purposes. Early incorporated entities were established by charter (i.e.