EAST INDIA COMPANY


Meaning of EAST INDIA COMPANY in English

1. the company chartered by the English government in 1600 to carry on trade in the East Indies: dissolved in 1874.

2. any similar company, as one chartered by the Dutch (1602-1798), the French (1664-1769), or the Danes (1729-1801).

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .