copartneryn.
/kəʊˈpɑːtnəri/ 1. = copartnership n. 1.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > partnership
marrowship1407
league1509
coparceny1556
consortment1557
copartnership1574
partnership1576
coparcenary1593
yoke-fellowship1603
consortship1628
compartnership1634
copartnery1777
consortium1829
partnering1897
society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > possession of a joint share
coparceny1556
copartnership1574
coparcenary1593
compartnership1634
copartnery1777
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. ii. 159 Roderigo de Bastidas fitted out two ships in co-partnery with John de la Cosa.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xii. 256 Having been of late taken into copartnery..by Mr. Gilbert Greenhorn.
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 92 That more important and durable co-partnery—marriage.
1862 Act 25 & 26 Victoria c. 89 §183 Any..contract of copartnery..or other instrument constituting or regulating the company.
2. = copartnership n. 2.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > a partnership
partnership1704
copartnery1733
firm1817
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > partnership > a partnership
copartnership1726
copartnery1733
joint1885
1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scotl. 191 The Copartnery were obliged to break up, and give it over.
1796 Hull Advertiser 9 Apr. 3/1 One copartnery salted about 7000 [herrings].
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iii. 234 A copartnery continues as long as the partners are of the same mind.
1890 Spectator 29 Mar. The best thing he can do is to form his own little copartnery against all the ills of the world.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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