Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun east_india_company

1 sense of east india company

Sense 1
East India Company -- (an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny)
       => company -- (an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage")