Noun

(en noun)

The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet.

The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.

A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.

The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.

Noun

A team; a group of people who work together professionally.

# A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.

# (label) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.

#* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=

, chapter=30, title= The Dust of Conflict , passage=It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.}}

# A unit of firefighters and their equipment.

# (label) The entire crew of a ship.

# (label) Nickname for an intelligence service.

(label) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.

* {{quote-book, author=Robert Barr, authorlink=Robert Barr (writer), title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad, chapter=4 citation

, year=1913, passage=“

(label) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.

* {{quote-magazine, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot

, volume=188, issue=23, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title=Money just makes the rich suffer citation

* {{quote-magazine

, title=Obama goes troll-hunting citation

(label) Social visitors or companions.

*

* '>citation

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”}}

(label) Companionship.

*

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company . When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}