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*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 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: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th century]
*1 archaic : one that [[share]]s : 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
[[Category: General Reference]]