Car Definition–noun
| 2. | a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car. |
| 3. | the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc. |
| 4. | British Dialect. any w
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| 5. | Literary. a chariot, as of war or triumph. |
| 6. | Archaic. cart; carriage. |
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Rental Definition–noun | 1. | an amount received or paid as rent. |
| 3. | an apartment, house, car, etc., offered or given for rent. |
| 4. | an income arising from rents received. |
–adjective | 6. | of or pertaining to rent. |
| 8. | engaged in the business of providing rentals: a rental agency. |
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Company Definition–noun | 1. | a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people. |
| 2. | a guest or guests: We're having company for dinner. |
| 3. | an assemblage of persons for social purposes. |
| 4. | companionship; fellowship; association: I alway
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| 5. | one's usual companions: I don't like the company he keeps. |
| 7. | a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, esp. for business: a publishing company; a dance company. |
| 8. | (initial capital letter
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| 9. | Military. | a. | the smallest body of troops, consisting of a headquarters and two or three platoons. |
| b. | any relatively small group of soldiers. |
| c. | Army. a basic unit with both tactical and administrative functions. |
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| 10. | a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus: a hook-and-ladder company. |
| 12. | a medieval trade guild. |
| 13. | the Company, Informal. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. |
–verb (used without object) | 14. | Archaic. to associate. |
–verb (used with object) | 15. | Archaic. to accompany. |
—Idioms| 16. | keep company, | a. | to associate with; be a friend of. |
| b. | Informal. to go together, as in courtship: My sister has been keeping company with a young lawyer. |
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| 17. | part company, | a. | to cease association or friendship with: We parted company 20 years ago after the argument. |
| b. | to take a different or opposite view; differ: He parted company with his father on politics. |
| c. | to separate: We parted company at the airport. |
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