engine company

American  

noun

1. a unit of a city's fire department in command of one or more fire-fighting vehicles.

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Etymology

Origin of engine company

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Example Sentences

Four women who used to work for Google have won class-action status for their gender equity lawsuit against the search engine company, allowing them to represent some 10,800 women, Bloomberg reports.

From The Verge

Chinese search engine company Baidu in January announced it would set up the company with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group to leverage its intelligent driving expertise and Geely’s car manufacturing capabilities.

From Reuters

E-commerce giant Alibaba’s shares lost 3.7%; Tencent Holdings’ shed 3.7%; search engine company Baidu declined 8.6% and cell phone maker Xiaomi dropped 4.8%.

From Seattle Times

Firefighters attacked the blaze inside the adjacent homes and used master streams -- a way for an engine company to deliver water at high flow rates -- on the three-story building, officials said, according to reports.

From Fox News

In December, Texas and nine other states sued Google LLC in a U.S. court in Sherman, Texas, accusing the search engine company of working with Facebook Inc in a way that violated antitrust law to boost its already-dominant online advertising business.

From Reuters