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Power company   /pˈaʊər kˈəmpəni/   Listen
Power company

noun
1.
A public utility that provides electricity.  Synonyms: electric company, light company, power service.






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"Power company" Quotes from Famous Books



... power for long distances marks a new and important era, not only in engineering science, but in furthering the extension of hundreds of those small industries, which have made Birmingham so famous a workshop. In the Birmingham Compressed Air Power Company's Bill (passed March 12, 1884), the principle involved is the economic utility of centralising the production of power, and many engineers are of opinion that no other means can possibly be found so convenient as the use of compressed air in transmitting motive power, or at so low a ...
— Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham - A History And Guide Arranged Alphabetically • Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell



Words linked to "Power company" :   utility, public utility company, public utility, power service, public-service corporation



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