company vs et al.

company

noun
  • A small group of birds or animals. 

  • Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture. 

  • A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose. 

  • Companionship. 

  • A unit of firefighters and their equipment. 

  • An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation. 

  • The entire crew of a ship. 

  • Social visitors or companions. 

  • An intelligence service. 

  • A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion. 

et al.

phrase
  • And others; to complete a list, especially of persons, as authors of a published work. 

  • And elsewhere; to complete a list of places. 

How often have the words company and et al. occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )