Meaning & use
your company's
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“your company's” is a form of “your company”.
Meanings
phrasefixed phrase
belonging to or connected with the business organization that you work for or own
Grammar: Possessive form; it comes before a noun, as in 'your company's website'.
Patterns
- your company's name
- your company's policy
- your company's website
- your company's employees
What is your company's main product?
Your company's policy on holidays is very generous.
I checked your company's website for the address.
phrasefixed phrase
belonging to or connected with the group of people you are with
Grammar: Used when 'company' means the people around you, not a business.
Patterns
- your company's mood
- your company's laughter
Your company's good humor made the trip enjoyable.
I could hear your company's laughter from the next room.
Common combinations
- your company's name
- Please write your company's name at the top of the form.
- your company's policy
- Your company's policy says employees must wear a uniform.
- your company's website
- I found the information on your company's website.
- your company's future
- The new manager is worried about your company's future.
Synonyms and how they differ
- your firm's
- Firm is often used for a business that provides professional services, especially in law or accounting.
- your business's
- Business is a more general word and can refer to any commercial activity, not just a company.
Word family
Commonly confused: your company's or companies?
your company's vs companies
Companies is the plural of company, meaning more than one company. The possessive your company's shows that something belongs to one company.
Practice
I need to update ______ contact details in our database.
Choose one answer.
The possessive 'your company's' is needed before 'contact details' to show they belong to the company. 'Your companys' is a misspelling, 'your companies' is plural, and 'your company' does not show possession.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “your company's”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.