Noun

(uncountable) The action of the verb to meet .

A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.

We need to have a meeting about that soon.

The people at such a gathering, as a collective.

What has the meeting decided.

An encounter between people, even accidental.

They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.

A place or instance of junction or intersection.

Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.

A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.

*1939 , (John Steinbeck), (The Grapes of Wrath) , p. 20:

*:You use ta give a good meetin' . I recollect one time you give a whole sermon walkin' around on your hands, yellin' your head off.

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.

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, 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.

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

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(label) Social visitors or companions.

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, 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.

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