companies

com-pa-nies · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Plural of company; commercial business organizations.

  2. 2.

    Groups of actors, performers, or soldiers.

Related words

See also: business, company, corporation
Synonyms: businesses, corporations, enterprises, firms

Etymology

From Latin "companio" meaning companion (literally "one who shares bread"), from "com-" (with) and "panis" (bread).