gas company
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2.3
- noun
- /ɡæs ˈkʌmpəni/
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compañía de gas
- I called the gas company to report a leak in the pipeline.
- oil and gas company
What was Biden's role at this Ukrainian gas company?
- What was Biden's role at this Ukrainian gas company?
- So we scurried around and found that the Boston Gas Company had a big auditorium bigger than this.
- And so I just jumped and, and did it and because it sounded way better than working for a gas company.
- So they just start thinking of gas companies are price gouging us.
- The manufacturers, the presidents, the investors of gas companies started to panic.
- Because oil and gas companies invest in big green projects.
- And I mean, what is California going to do once they lose all of their oil and gas companies and and, you know, and, and the refineries?
- It is a multi billion dollar oil and gas company trying to lock up oil and gas contracts all over the world for the benefit of China.
- Right now, oil and gas companies are being told that these projects will be shut down by regulations long before they reach break even.
Examples
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And I think the gas company can take care of it without destroying it.
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I work for the gas company.
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And the reason for that is that the gas companies get paid based on the amount of work that they do.
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I shall call the gas company, or the water company.
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A guy from the gas company.
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I got her a job interview one time down at the gas company.
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I got a cousin that works for the gas company.
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- I'm calling from the gas company.
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I work for the gas company, making sure houses and apartments don't blow up.
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In this case, the Mannings have a lawyer and are suing the gas company.
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Synonyms
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2.1
A company that supplies gas to homes and businesses
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'gas' (the fuel) + 'company' (an organization providing goods/services) yields a company that supplies gas, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the phrase. This noun+noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern for provider/commodity combinations and shows no idiomatic or metaphorical shift.
Etymology
Gas company comes from a time when towns had firms that made and delivered gas for light and heat. They owned pipes that sent gas into houses, so the company that did this was called the gas company, meaning 'a company that supplies gas' today.