free company
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of free company
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Leicester was a second-tier club when it was bought in 2010 by the King Power duty free company, which is owned by Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprbha.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2016
But it is another king, The King Power stadium - named after the Thai duty free company controlled by Leicester’s owners - that is now capturing global attention.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 23, 2015
Last week Allen rejected as "derisory" an offer from Milan Mandaric, who is flush from selling Leicester City to the owners of the Thai duty free company King Power.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2010
Mandaric said the consortium, led by the 25-year-old Thai businessman Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn, whose family owns the King Power duty free company in Thailand, will in future include other investors.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2010
There was a time when such cattle would hardly have been taken upon suspicion for men in office, unless the old proverb were renewed, that the beggars make a free company, and those their wardens.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
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