publishing company
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- noun
- /ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ ˈkʌmpəni/
- If you're interested in the business side of literature, my friend owns a publishing company.
- music publishing companies
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Watch on YouTubeHe ran an publishing company for many years.
- He ran an publishing company for many years.
- I got a job in a warehouse at a small publishing company, just in the warehouse after school and throughout the summer just packing books in the boxes.
- And in these days, starting this new publishing company that takes a lot of time, even even though Diana does all the work.
Examples
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I eventually interned at a small publishing company, where I learned reportage writing and editorial skills.
Blog text (15) -
Specialists in reading have developed each series, published by a leading publishing company.
Academic text (2012) -
My father owned a publishing company
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This was a publishing company in the Soviet Union.
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Walter started his own independent publishing company.
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I'm president of my own publishing company, got my own studio.
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A friend had convinced me to publish my book under her new fledgling publishing company.
Academic text (2010) -
It was my education that allowed me to launch a very prosperous publishing company.
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The publishing company arranged for the Oprah Winfrey Show to tape at our house tomorrow... which is, you know, great, but I'm really gonna need your help.
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My father owned a publishing company that produced several bestsellers.
Synonyms
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A person or company that prepares and sells books and magazines
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A company that makes and sells books, magazines or journals
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A company that makes and sells books or magazines
How Big
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- Jargon
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a business that publishes books, magazines, newspapers, or other works' is directly and compositionally derived from 'publishing' (the business/activity of producing printed materials) + 'company' (an organization). This noun-noun compound follows a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern with no idiomatic shift, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The name publishing company comes from the idea of a group that makes things public. To publish means 'to make public' and a company is people working together. So a publishing company is a business that makes books and other works available to readers.