partnership

Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the members of a business venture created by contract
  2. noun a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
  3. noun a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses

Etymology

From partner + -ship. Cognate with Danish partnerskab, Dutch partnerschap, German Partnerschaft, Norwegian Bokmål partnerskap, Norwegian Nynorsk partnerskap, Swedish partnerskap, and West Frisian partnerskip.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
business
Narrower (hyponyms)
copartnership

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