partnership
The state of being associated with a partner.
Example
“scientists working in close partnership with colleagues overseas”
Other meanings
An association of two or more people to conduct a business.
“forge a partnership”
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.
Related words
- copartnership
- multipartnership
- prepartnership
- limited partnership
- civil partnership
- domestic partnership
- general partnership
- public private partnership
- social partnership
- public-private partnership
- subpartnership
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “partnership” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.