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East India Company
noun
- the company chartered by the English government in 1600 to carry on trade in the East Indies: dissolved in 1874.
- any similar company, as one chartered by the Dutch (1602–1798), the French (1664–1769), or the Danes (1729–1801).
East India Company
noun
- the company chartered in 1600 by the British government to trade in the East Indies: after being driven out by the Dutch, it developed trade with India until the Indian Mutiny (1857), when the Crown took over the administration: the company was dissolved in 1874
- any similar trading company, such as any of those founded by the Dutch, French, and Danes in the 17th and 18th centuries
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Theodore Forbes arrived in India in 1809 at the age of 21, working as a merchant for the East India Company.
From The Daily Beast
This situation resulted in the East India Company selling its tea cheaper than the other companies.
From Project Gutenberg
Under this system monopolies were common, and among them few were more important than that of the East India Company.
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Before his retirement a difference arose in the cabinet on the affairs of the East India Company.
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She thought that a friend, who was in the East India Company's service, had been killed in a duel.
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Altogether they were an enemy such as the East India Company had never yet encountered.
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