Enterprise vs. Company
Enterprisenoun
A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
Enterprisenoun
An undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one.
Enterprisenoun
A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.
Enterprisenoun
An active participation in projects.
Enterpriseverb
(intransitive) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
Enterpriseverb
(transitive) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
Enterpriseverb
(transitive) To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
Enterprisenoun
That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise.
Enterprisenoun
Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.
Enterpriseverb
To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
Enterpriseverb
To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
Enterpriseverb
To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
Enterprisenoun
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness);
Enterprisenoun
an organization created for business ventures;
Enterprisenoun
readiness to embark on bold new ventures
Enterprisenoun
a project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one
Enterprisenoun
initiative and resourcefulness
Enterprisenoun
a business or company
Enterprisenoun
entrepreneurial economic activity
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.
