electric company

collocation in English

meaningsofelectricandcompany

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electric
adjective
uk
/iˈlek.trɪk/us
/iˈlek.trɪk/
using electricity ...
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company
noun
uk
/ˈkʌm.pə.ni/us
/ˈkʌm.pə.ni/
an organization that sells goods or services in order to ...
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(Definition ofelectricandcompanyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofelectric company

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In 1948 the street railway was disbanded and the company became solely anelectriccompany.
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Anelectriccompany, a cotton compress, and several newspapers were among the new enterprises.
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For a time it served as offices for the localelectriccompany.
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All of these effects can be detected by theelectriccompany, and many modern meters can detect or compensate for them.
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He was employed as a solicitor for anelectriccompany.
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Management of theelectriccompanywas contracted to the private sector in 2003.
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Regardless of the type of park, the destinations owned by the localelectriccompanyor accessed by the electric trolley were commonly called "electric parks".
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He was also president of theelectriccompanyand vice-president of the telephone company.
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It was founded in 1900 as anelectriccompany.
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He first worked as an engineer in theelectriccompanywhere his father was as a director.
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Her father was the treasurer of a localelectriccompany.
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Employed by the localelectriccompany, he conducted his small appliance business from the back of his red pick-up truck on the side.
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I called theelectriccompanyto get them to turn on the power.
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He was employed with anelectriccompanyuntil 1916 and later in the sales department of a knitting mill.
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The local utility company,electriccompany, or state power pool buys their electricity from electricity producers who may be generating from fossil fuel, nuclear or renewable energy sources.
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In households, accounts payable are ordinarily bills from theelectriccompany, telephone company, cable television or satellite dish service, newspaper subscription, and other such regular services.
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In 1921, anelectriccompanywas founded.
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