(business) a company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services

A marching formation consisting of a line of people standing side by side in a row.

A guild of the City of London, some now incorporated and taking part in local government.

(US) a company that has been granted a charter legally recognizing it as a separate entity having its own privileges, rights, and liabilities distinct from other businesses and persons.

(historical) A device used to impress a company's name and/or symbol onto a dollop of soft red wax attached to a legal instrument, where two directors or one director and the secretary could sign as witnesses, thus executing the instrument.

plural of livery company

plural of parent company

(business) A company that owns or controls one or more other companies.

Companions of either gender who do morally questionable things.

(business) A company that shares its parent company with another company. / (nonstandard) A subsidiary.