Difference between revisions of "Partnership"
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==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
===Partnership=== | ===Partnership=== | ||
| − | 1 : the [[state]] of being a '''partner''' : participation | + | *1 : the [[state]] of being a '''partner''' : participation |
| − | 2 a : a [[legal]] [[relation]] existing between two or more [[persons]] contractually associated as joint principals in a [[business]] | + | *2 a : a [[legal]] [[relation]] existing between two or more [[persons]] contractually associated as joint principals in a [[business]] |
:b : the persons joined together in a partnership | :b : the persons joined together in a partnership | ||
| − | 3 : a [[relationship]] resembling a legal partnership and usually involving close [[cooperation]] between parties having specified and joint rights and [[responsibilities]] | + | *3 : a [[relationship]] resembling a legal partnership and usually involving close [[cooperation]] between parties having specified and joint rights and [[responsibilities]] |
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===Partner=== | ===Partner=== | ||
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th century] | *Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th century] | ||
Revision as of 23:12, 2 January 2010
- Date: 1576
Definitions
Partnership
- 1 : the state of being a partner : participation
- 2 a : a legal relation existing between two or more persons contractually associated as joint principals in a business
- b : the persons joined together in a partnership
- 3 : a relationship resembling a legal partnership and usually involving close cooperation between parties having specified and joint rights and responsibilities
Partner
- Date: 14th century
- 1 archaic : one that shares : partaker
- 2 a : one associated with another especially in an action : associate, colleague
- b : either of two persons who dance together
- c : one of two or more persons who play together in a game against an opposing side
- d : a person with whom one shares an intimate relationship : one member of a couple
- 3 : a member of a partnership especially in a business; also : such membership
- 4 : one of the heavy timbers that strengthen a ship's deck to support a mast —usually used in plural
