partnership
pronunciation
How to pronounce partnership in British English:
UK [ˈpɑ:tnəʃɪp]
How to pronounce partnership in American English:
US [ˈpɑrtnərʃɪp]
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- Noun:
- the members of a business venture created by contract
- a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses
Word Origin
- partnership (n.)
- 1570s, from partner (n.) + -ship. In the commercial sense from c. 1700.
Example
- 1. It is structured as a master limited partnership .
- 2. Taking a vc investment should not be viewed as a transaction – it should be approached as a partnership .
- 3. Conflicts do arise : look at the soured partnership between apple and samsung .
- 4. And I think success is going to require a constructive public-private partnership .
- 5. They said that the partnership could be unwound by this summer .