Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being associated with a partner.

    scientists working in close partnership with colleagues overseas

    Partnerschaft

    партнёрствоpartnjórstvo

    партне́рствоpartnérstvo

  2. (countable, uncountable)An association of two or more people to conduct a business.

    forge a partnership

    Personengesellschaft

    партнёрствоpartnjórstvo, това́риществоtováriščestvo

    партне́рствоpartnérstvo, товари́ствоtovarýstvo

  3. (countable, uncountable)The period when two specific batsmen are batting, from the fall of one wicket until the fall of the next; the number of runs scored during this period.

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

Examples

38 sentences
  1. I went into partnership with him.

    Я ухвалив з ним партнерство.

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  2. We have reached a partnership agreement.

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  3. I'm in partnership with my dad.

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  4. Our partnership with Tom has ended.

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  5. They agreed to form a joint partnership.

    ruОни договорились образовать совместное партнёрство.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
state of being associated with a partner:
association of two or more people to conduct a business:
Русский
By meaning 2
state of being associated with a partner:
association of two or more people to conduct a business:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
state of being associated with a partner:
association of two or more people to conduct a business:

Origin

From partner + -ship. Cognate with West Frisian partnerskip (“partnership”), Dutch partner

From partner + -ship. Cognate with West Frisian partnerskip (“partnership”), Dutch partnerschap (“partnership”), Low German Partnerschop (“partnership”), German Partnerschaft (“partnership”), Danish partnerskab (“partnership”), Danish partnerskab (“partnership”), Norwegian Bokmål partnerskap (“partnership”), Norwegian Nynorsk partnerskap (“partnership”).

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