company vs patrol

company

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

  • 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. 

patrol

noun
  • A unit of a troop, usually defined by certain ranks or age groups within the troop, and ideally comprised of six to eight members. 

  • A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts. 

  • Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the people thus guarding. 

  • The largest division of officers within a police department or sheriff's office, whose assignment is to patrol and respond to calls for service. 

  • A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts. 

  • The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol. 

verb
  • To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman 

  • To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat. 

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