noun
Freq #7127
Meanings
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1
noun
A working relationship in which people or groups share responsibility for a goal.
Effective learning is a partnership between teacher and student.
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2
noun
A business owned by two or more people who share the profits and losses.
The two lawyers formed a partnership and opened an office together.
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
partnerships
Etymology
From partner + -ship. Cognate with Danish partnerskab, Dutch partnerschap, German Partnerschaft, Norwegian Bokmål partnerskap, Norwegian Nynorsk partnerskap, Swedish partnerskap, and West Frisian partnerskip.