noun
1 business organization
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , large , leading , major
▪
a major Japanese ~
▪ medium-sized , mid-sized ( esp. AmE )
▪ small
▪ reputable
▪ profitable , successful
▪ associated ( BrE ), holding , joint-stock , limited ( in the UK ), parent
▪
a public limited ~
▪ start-up
▪
a small start-up software ~
▪ family-owned , state-owned
▪ private , public
▪ international , multinational , national
▪ commercial , utility
▪ manufacturing , trading
▪
an international trading ~
▪ drug , pharmaceutical
▪ bus , insurance , oil , etc.
▪
a small insurance ~
▪ dotcom , Internet , tech
… OF COMPANIES
▪ group
VERB + COMPANY
▪ create , establish , form , found , launch , set up , start , start up
▪ manage , operate , run
▪ build , grow
▪ own
▪ acquire , buy , take over
▪
The ~ has been taken over by a rival.
▪ dissolve
▪ sell
▪ work for
▪
She's been working for the same ~ for ten years.
▪ join
▪ leave , resign from
▪ sue
COMPANY + VERB
▪ make sth , manufacture sth , produce sth , sell sth , supply sth
▪
The ~ produces cotton goods.
▪ operate
▪ expand , grow
▪ shrink
▪ merge
▪ fail , go bankrupt , go bust , go into liquidation , go out of business , go to the wall ( informal ), go under
▪
During the recession many small companies went out of business.
COMPANY + NOUN
▪ director , executive
▪ owner , president
▪ official , representative , spokesman , spokeswoman
▪ policy
▪ profits
▪ car , pension
▪ logo , name
▪ headquarters
▪ website
▪ employee
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
He has shares in several companies.
▪ within a/the ~
▪
the division of power within a ~
PHRASES
▪ a director of a ~
2 group of actors, dancers, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ large , small
▪ touring
▪ ballet , opera , repertory , stock ( AmE ), theatre/theater
▪
a small touring opera ~
3 being with sb else
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , pleasant
▪
He's very good ~.
▪ poor
VERB + COMPANY
▪ have
▪
It's nice to have a bit of ~ for a change.
▪ keep sb
▪
I'll stay and keep you ~.
▪ need , want
▪ provide (sb with)
▪
A cat would provide her with some ~.
▪ seek
▪ enjoy
▪
I always enjoy her ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ for ~
▪
I took my mother with me for ~.
▪ in sb's ~
▪
He's nervous in the ~ of his colleagues.
PHRASES
▪ have the pleasure of sb's ~ , request the pleasure of sb's ~ ( both formal )
▪ like your own ~ , prefer your own ~ (= to like being alone)
4 group of people together
ADJECTIVE
▪ mixed (= men and women)
▪ assembled
▪
He glanced around the assembled ~.
VERB + COMPANY
▪ keep (= to spend time with people)
▪
John's mother was worried about the ~ he kept.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
Those children don't know how to behave in ~.
▪
That's not something to say in mixed ~.
PHRASES
▪ get into bad ~ , keep bad ~ (= to be friends with people that others disapprove of)
▪ present ~ excepted (= used after being rude or critical about sb to say that the people you are talking to are not included in the criticism)
5 visitor or visitors
VERB + COMPANY
▪ expect , have
▪
We're expecting ~ this afternoon.