partnershipn.
/ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp/ 1.
a. The fact or condition of being a partner; association or participation; companionship.
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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
1576 A. Fleming tr. Sulpicius in Panoplie Epist. 23 Shee..might runne the race of her age in his pleasaunt partenership.
1582 Crail Burgh Court 31 Aug. All fremen..quha hes assosiat thame selfis in partinarisschipe with unfremen in making of ony hering.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 122 [He] reseised and reassumed the English in partnership with the Norman in their ancient right of government.
1697 D. Whitby Disc. Love of God 97 'Tis a kind of Spiritual Adultery to admit any Creature into Partnership with him in our Love.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. viii. 196 I have faithfully performed to him..every duty which our partnership in office..required.
1769 Bible: 2 Kings xv. 1 (margin) This is the 27th year of Jeroboam's Partnership in the kingdom with his Father.
1817 J. Keats Poems 53 The thought of this great partnership diffuses Over the genius loving heart, a feeling Of all that's high, and great, and good.
1877 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) I. App. 786 A scandal which charged Emma herself with a partnership in the deed.
1933 Planning 25 Apr. 2 It aims at giving labour effective partnership in industry and at creating a new attitude of mind to replace sterile hostilities.
1959 Times 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.
2002 Foreign Policy July 14/1 Perhaps a fruitful partnership could emerge between policy intellectuals and rock musicians.
b. Cricket. A period in which two batters are batting together, typically considered in terms of the runs that are scored while they are at the wicket; = stand n.1 2c. Cf. partner n.1 7.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > batsman's tenure of wicket
wicket1738
innings1755
stand1808
life1865
partnership1868
1868 Times 9 June 5/5 The partnership of Messrs. Dale and Hornby was continued until 16 runs were placed upon the score sheet.
1900 Daily Chron. 16 Dec. 8/1 The first-wicket partnership of MacLaren and Hayward.
1955 Times 28 June 3/3 With the end of this partnership, however, the innings virtually petered out.
2001 Times 21 Mar. i. 35/1 A forthright partnership of 169 in 178 minutes between Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid had seemed to take the match beyond Australia's grasp.
2. Business. An association of two or more people as partners for the running of a business, with shared expenses, profit, and loss; the members of such an association collectively; a joint business. Also: the position of partner (partner n.1 4).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > partner > collectively
partnership1616
1616 T. Roe Jrnl. 23–4 Nov. II. 341 Diuers Notes.., bills of exchange and ready mony..were traded in Indya by the sayd Bonelli as agent for a Partnership of the Principalls of diuers Nations residing in Aleppo.
1670 T. Culpeper Necessity abating Usury 8 Trading with our own stocks, honest Partnership, and discreet Factorage.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables lxv. 64 It is a Necessary Rule in Alliances, Matches, Societies,..Partnerships, Commerce, and all manner of civil Dealings and Contracts, [etc.].
1756 G. G. Beekman Let. 14 Apr. (1956) I. 278 I Propose Shiping you Somthing in Every Vessel from hence, If you give me Proper Encouragement. I with you boath Success in your Partnership.
1802 R. L. Edgeworth & M. Edgeworth Ess. Irish Bulls xvi. 307 His brother took him into partnership.
1861 C. Dickens Let. 8 July (1997) IX. 437 He has been for sometime seeking a partnership in business.
1900 Daily News 20 Apr. 7/5 A Bill..extending to juridical persons, that is, duly registered corporations or partnerships, the right to engage in mining.
1951 R. W. Jones Thomson's Dict. Banking 381/1 The idea of the limited partnership has not appealed to the business world and..only 1,300 such partnerships have been registered.
2001 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 15 Nov. b11/5 Her talents and diligence earned her bonuses and a partnership.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements
intromission1567
hedginga1631
retiring1681
partnership1704
put1718
time bargain1720
bargain for time1721
option1746
call1825
put and call1826
cornering1841
corner1853
raid1866
pooling1871
squeeze1872
call option1874
recapitalization1874
short squeeze1877
split-up1878
margin call1888
pyramid1888
profit taking1891
pyramiding1895
underwriting1895
melon-cutting1900
round turn1901
market-making1902
put-through1902
put and take1921
round trip1922
put and take1929
leverage1931
split-down1932
switching1932
give-up1934
mark to market1938
recap1940
rollover1947
downtick1954
stock split1955
traded option1955
leg1959
stock splitting1959
rollover1961
split1972
spread betting1972
unitization1974
marking-to-market1981
swap1982
telebroking1984
society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > a partnership
partnership1704
copartnery1733
firm1817
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Partnership, a Rule in Arithmetick; the same with the Rule of Fellowship, which see.
1859 B. Smith Arith. & Algebra (ed. 6) 508 Fellowship or Partnership.
4. A domestic, sexual, or romantic association between two people, either a married couple or (now often) an unmarried couple in a committed relationship.Cf. civil partnership n. (b) at civil adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2, domestic partnership n. at domestic adj. and n. Additions, marriage partnership n. at marriage n. Compounds 2.
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a1746 F. Hutcheson Syst. Moral Philos. (1755) II. ii. viii. 161 There can be no real friendship in a partnership merely entered into for propagation.
1878 Fortn. Rev. 1 July 105 Madame de Trécœur is released from her rather trying partnership by the death of her husband.
1892 Locomotive Firemen's Mag. Apr. 321/1 Now, young wives, accept, advice from one..whose partnership is..[a] prosperous and happy one.
1950 Times 27 Feb. 7/4 After his wife's death in 1927..he paid tribute to a partnership of the greatest happiness.
1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 June e31 What should John and Mary do in the event they decide to split up?.. A partnership agreement..should outline in detail what is to occur if the parties..terminate the partnership.
1993 Chicago Tribune 16 Apr. i. 2/4 If..you're not able to take bereavement leave if your partner dies, then you're not..receiving the same benefits..as you would in a heterosexual partnership.
2010 A. V. Mead in C. Walsh & L. André Dear John, I love Jane 107 I ended our seven-year partnership..and we were divorced by December.
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C1. General attributive, as partnership agreement, partnership book, partnership fence, partnership interest, partnership operation, partnership profit, partnership property, partnership sovereignty, etc.
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1768 J. Wedgwood Let. 6 Nov. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 68 The Partnership books should be opened on Monday.
1770 S. Foote Lame Lover ii. 32 The charge must be made for partnership-profit.
1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1058 A general partnership agreement..under seal.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. v. 487 The sort of partnership sovereignty which the Nabob and the Company had established in Carnatic.
1845 Indiana Senate Jrnl. 20 Sess. 335 A bill to provide for the dissolving of partnership fences.
1860 N. Lindley Partnership (1888) 334 It is competent for partners by agreement amongst themselves to convert that which was partnership property into the separate property of an individual partner.
1890 Partnership Act §22 (margin) Conversion into personal estate of land held as partnership property.
1955 W. J. Casey Tax Sheltered Investm. (ed. 2) xix. 205 Partnership operation allows you a write off of losses, a sheltered return on a quick success by sale of your partnership interest.
1974 Terminol. Managem. & Financial Accountancy (Inst. Cost & Managem. Accountants) 74 The liability of the individual partners is unlimited, unless the partnership agreement provides for any limitation.
2003 N.Y. Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 27 June 26 The partnership agreement requires that the income of the partnership be reported on a cash basis for purposes of both taxes and the partnership books.
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partnership policing n. a method of policing in which a police force works together with the local community to reduce crime.
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1983 Guardian Weekly 4 Dec. 2/4 In consequence we have, we like to think, made considerable progress towards that ideal of partnership-policing which is the essential basis of any democratic police force.
1998 G. Mills in R. I. Rotberg & G. Mills War & Peace in Southern Afr. i. 4 To Shaw, a city's crime prevention approach is the logical outcome of locally developed forms of partnership policing, such as the Business Against Crime initiative.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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