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ELECTRIC COMPANY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does electric company mean?
• ELECTRIC COMPANY (noun)
The noun ELECTRIC COMPANY has 1 sense:
1. a public utility that provides electricity
Familiarity information: ELECTRIC COMPANY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A public utility that provides electricity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
electric company; light company; power company; power service
Hypernyms ("electric company" is a kind of...):
public-service corporation; public utility; public utility company; utility (a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation)
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