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partnership|ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp|
[See -ship.]
1. The fact or condition of being a partner; association or participation. Now esp. of relationships in industry and politics.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 23 Shee..might runne the race of her age in his pleasaunt partenership. 1741Middleton Cicero II. viii. 196, I have faithfully performed to him..every duty which our partnership in office..required. 1769Bible 2 Kings xv. 1 marg., This is the 27th year of Jeroboam's Partnership in the kingdom with his Father. 1877Freeman Norm. Conq. (ed. 3) I. App. 786 A scandal which charged Emma herself with a partnership in the deed. 1933Planning 25 Apr. 2 It aims at giving labour effective partnership in industry and at creating a new attitude of mind to replace sterile hostilities. 1941Ann. Reg. 1940 140 The attainment by India of free and equal partnership in the British Commonwealth. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 31 July 449/2 It has been a cardinal principle in Rhodesia that the way should be open not for apartheid but for partnership, and that the new State will avoid the racial impasse of the Union. 1976Star (Sheffield) 30 Nov. 14/7 Dennis Amiss and Brearley, the opening partnership which England hope will serve them throughout the forthcoming Test series with India, made a quiet start to their alliance when they launched the innings. 1977World of Cricket Monthly June 31/2 He and Kallicharran set about repairing the damage with a fourth-wicket partnership of 90 in 85 minutes and 20 overs.
2. Comm.
a. An association of two or more persons for the carrying on of a business, of which they share the expenses, profit, and loss.
a1700L'Estrange (J.), A necessary rule in alliances, partnerships, and all manner of civil dealings. 1801M. Edgeworth Irish Bulls xiv. 276 His brother took him into partnership. 1849Freese Comm. Class-bk. 117 An entry to the debit or credit of each Partner, in the proportions agreed upon in the articles of Partnership. 1861Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 145 He has been for some time seeking a partner⁓ship in business.
b. The persons collectively composing such a business association.
1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) IV. 74 The rate at which business is done, when the partnership are ashamed or afraid to put it off any longer. 1813M. Edgeworth Patron. (1833) II. xxi. 20 He had..obtained the partnership's permission to go over to the Dutch merchants.
3. Arith. The rule or method for the calculation of a partner's share of gain or loss in proportion to his share of the capital or other determining conditions; = fellowship 9.
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Partnership, a Rule in Arithmetick; the same with the Rule of Fellowship, which see. 1859Barn. Smith Arith. & Algebra (ed. 6) 508 Fellowship or Partnership.
4. attrib.
1770Foote Lame Lover ii. Wks. 1799 II. 70 The charge must be made for partnership-profit. 1817W. Selwyn Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1058 A general partnership agreement..under seal. 1818Jas. Mill Brit. India II. v. v. 487 The sort of partnership sovereignty, which the Nabob and the Company had established in the Carnatic. |