† contributionshipn.
Obsolete.
A society of contributors to a common stock; a joint-stock company.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > joint stock
contributionship1701
joint-stock company1784
stock-company1827
industrial1843
S.A.1921
1701 London Gaz. No. 3753/8.
1701 London Gaz. No. 4322/3 The Directors of the Amicable Contributionship hereby give Notice.
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Contributionship, a society of contributors, also the contribution itself.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
n.1701