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associated
adjective
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(of a person or thing) connected with something or another person.
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associated company
equipment
Noun
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Your equipment is the things that you use to do a job or sport.
Soccer is a popular game because you need very little equipment to play--just a ball and an open space.
The soldiers had to carry all their equipment on their backs.
The computer equipment was old and often broke down.
company
Noun
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A company is an organization for doing work for money.
He works for a big company.
I own this company, so it's a problem for me if people don't buy what we make.
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Company is people who are visiting other people; people who are in other peoples' house so that they can talk to the other people, or people who are walking with other people or being somewhere with other people.
I can't talk to you on the phone right now, because I have company. (people in the house.)
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When someone keeps someone else company, they stay with the person.
Will you keep me company while I go to mail this letter?
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A company is a unit of an army, it usually consists of two or three platoons to form a battalion.