British East India Company

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Definition of British East India Company in English English dictionary

A seventeenth-century joint-stock company founded to trade with India to Britain's advantage

British shipping and export company that operated between 1600-1874 and monopolized the trade in Indian goods (known for corruption and its power over the government of British India)

Related Terms

East India Company

one of several European companies that developed trade with India and east Asia in the 17th and 18th centuries. The British East India Company (1600-1858) was the most important of these, and was responsible for bringing India into the British Empire

Hyphenation

Bri·tish east In·di·a com·pa·ny

Turkish pronunciation

brîtîş ist îndiı kʌmpıni

Pronunciation

/ˈbrətəsʜ ˈēst ˈəndēə ˈkəmpənē/ /ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈiːst ˈɪndiːə ˈkʌmpəniː/