company
"keep company,"
1. to associate with; be a friend of.
2. Informal. to go together, as in courtship:
My sister has been keeping company with a young lawyer.
"parted company,"
1. to cease association or friendship with:
We parted company 20 years ago after the argument.
2. to take a different or opposite view; differ:
He parted company with his father on politics.
3. to separate:
We parted company at the airport.
"the Company,"
Informal. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English <Anglo-French; Old French compaignie companionship, equivalent to compain (<Late Latin compāniō;see companion1) + -ie-y³. Dictionary 2: C13: from Old French compaignie, from compain companion, fellow, from Late Latin compāniō; see companion 1. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Noun: 13th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology: Noun and Verb: Middle English companie, from cumpaignie, from cumpaing companion — more at companion. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. to associate with; be a friend of.
2. Informal. to go together, as in courtship:
My sister has been keeping company with a young lawyer.
"parted company,"
1. to cease association or friendship with:
We parted company 20 years ago after the argument.
2. to take a different or opposite view; differ:
He parted company with his father on politics.
3. to separate:
We parted company at the airport.
"the Company,"
Informal. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English <Anglo-French; Old French compaignie companionship, equivalent to compain (<Late Latin compāniō;see companion1) + -ie-y³. Dictionary 2: C13: from Old French compaignie, from compain companion, fellow, from Late Latin compāniō; see companion 1. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Noun: 13th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology: Noun and Verb: Middle English companie, from cumpaignie, from cumpaing companion — more at companion. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.