Meaning Of The Word East India Company

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East India Company in British English
any of several European companies for carrying on trade with the East Indies; esp., such an English company chartered in 1600 and dissolved in 1874
noun: the company chartered by the English government in 1600 to carry on trade in the East Indies: dissolved in 1874
noun: the company chartered in 1600 by the British government to trade in the East Indies: after being driven out by the Dutch, it developed trade with India until the Indian Mutiny (1857), when the Crown took over the administration: the company was dissolved

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