company town
originally US
noun
A town which is dependent on a particular commercial company for almost all of its employment, housing, etc.
Origin
Early 20th century.
- mixed cloth
- mixed company
- mixed contract
- mixed corn
- mixed crystal
- mixed doubles
- mixed drink
- mixed economy
- mixed ether
- mixed farming
- mixed feeding
- mixed flow
- mixed fraction
- mixed greens
- mixed grill
- mixed herbs
- mixed language
- mixedly
- mixed-manned
- mixed manning
- mixed marriage
- mixed martial arts
- mixed media
- Mixed Member Proportional
- mixed message