company

会社　—　People & places

An organisation that gathers capital and carries on a business.

Silver Rupee of the French East India Company — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

East India Company rupee — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

⚠ When a system was created for raising capital by selling shares, with losses limited to the amount invested, people became able to contribute significant sums. Alongside public bonds, this became a pillar of modern fundraising.