Company vs. Factory

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.

Factorynoun

(obsolete) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

Factorynoun

The position or state of being a factor.

Factorynoun

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

Factorynoun

A device which produces or manufactures something.

Factorynoun

(programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.

Factoryadjective

Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.

Factorynoun

A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers.

Factorynoun

The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory.

Factorynoun

A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory.

Factorynoun

a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing

Factory

A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an industrial site, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. They are a critical part of modern economic production, with the majority of the world's goods being created or processed within factories.