partnership

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal

   effective language learning is a partnership between school, teacher and student

2. 2
   noun

   An association of two or more people to conduct a business.

   forge a partnership

3. 3
   noun

   a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses

4. 4
   noun

   the members of a business venture created by contract

5. 5
   noun

   The state of being associated with a partner.

6. 6
   noun

   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.

Etymology

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