company town

noun

: a community that is dependent on one firm for all or most of the necessary services or functions of town life (such as employment, housing, and stores)

Examples of company town in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Let women across all levels take over leadership meetings, company town halls or social channels for a day—sharing their insights, challenges and visions for the future. —Expert Panel®, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025

Read on to learn more about how leaders can make company town halls and all-hands meetings more engaging, fun and useful for all who attend. —Expert Panel®, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025

In today’s newsletter, Paige Williams travels to Gary, Indiana, which used to be a bustling company town. —Erin Neil, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025

Situated on Lake Michigan about 30 miles southeast of Chicago’s Loop neighborhood, Gary was founded as a company town in 1906 and named for U.S. Steel Chairman Elbert Henry Gary. —Patricia Leigh Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for company town

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown