| ABC |
abbreviation of "American Broadcasting Company." |
| account |
a company or person who is a client of a business. [1/16 definitions] |
| account executive |
in a company such as an advertising agency, a person responsible for managing one or more clients' accounts and often for securing new accounts. |
| agency shop |
a company, factory, or the like that has such an agreement with its union. [1/2 definitions] |
| Apple |
a multinational company that sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. |
| asocial |
not seeking the company of others; not gregarious, sometimes because lacking social skills. [1/2 definitions] |
| bailout |
a providing of financial aid, usu. by a government to a failing company or institution. [1/3 definitions] |
| battalion |
a military unit usu. comprising a headquarters company and two or more infantry companies; the basic unit of a division. [1/2 definitions] |
| bonus |
a share of profits paid to stockholders of a company. [1/3 definitions] |
| brain drain |
(informal) the loss of professional or intellectual persons from one country or company to another that offers better pay, opportunities, or advantages. |
| British East India Company |
a British company that carried on trade with the East Indies from 1600 to 1874 under the sanction of a royal government charter. |
| bylaw |
one of the rules that regulate the workings of an organization or company. |
| carmaker |
an automobile manufacturing company. |
| carrier |
a commercial delivery company. [1/6 definitions] |
| centurion |
in ancient Rome, an officer in command of a company of about one hundred men. |
| chain |
a series of like business establishments owned by one person or company. [1/9 definitions] |
| chapter 11 |
a provision of the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Act that allows a company to reorganize and remain in business, provided it pays its current debts by a date set by a court. |
| closed-end investment company |
an investment company that issues a fixed number of shares in large blocks, at infrequent intervals, which are traded on an exchange. |
| Co.1 |
abbreviation of "Company," a business firm (used in a proper name). |
| common carrier |
a person or company that transports cargo or passengers at standard fees. |
| company store |
a retail store operated as a monopoly by the same company that employs the local work force. |