and Co.

and Co.
and Co. spoken phrase
used after someone’s name for referring to the other people who are usually connected with that person

John and Co. are coming later.

Thesaurus: relationships and membership of social groupssynonym friendship and feelings of friendshipsynonym
Main entry: Co.

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used as part of the titles of commercial businesses to designate the partner or partners not named
(also and co.) informal and the rest of them

I got there at 12.30 and waited for Mark and Co. to arrive


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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