WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
com′pany town′, 
  1. Businessa town whose inhabitants are mainly dependent on one company for employment, housing, supplies, etc.
  • 1930–35, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
company town
  1. a town built by a company for its employees

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