partnership
UK/ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/US/ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/
partnership noun: the state of being associated with a partner.
Noun
partnership (countable and uncountable, plural partnerships)
- The state of being associated with a partner.
- scientists working in close partnership with colleagues overseas
- 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.
partnership meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
partnership in Hindi
- association of two or more people to conduct a business
- भागीदारी bhāgīdārī
partnership in Tamil
- கூட்டாண்மை, கூட்டாளியமைப்பு, கூட்டுத்தொழில், பங்குடைமை, தொழில் கூட்டு, பங்காண்மை
partnership in Marathi
- partnership; joint venture
- भागी bhāgī
partnership in Urdu
- association of two or more people to conduct a business
- شراکت śirākat
More languagesFewer languages
- partnership in Bengali
- অংশীদারি কারবার oṅśidari karbar
- partnership in Telugu
- ఉమ్మడి ummaḍi, పొత్తు pottu, కూడిక kūḍika
- partnership in Malayalam
- പങ്കാളിത്തം paṅkāḷittaṁ
- partnership in Kannada
- ಪಾಲುವಂತಿಗೆ, ಪುದು, ಹುದು, ಪುದುವು
- partnership in Punjabi
- ਸਾਂਝ sāñjh, سان٘جھ sāṉjh
- partnership in Gujarati
- ભાગીદારી bhāgīdārī
- partnership in Odia
- ଭାଗିଦାରୀ, ସହଭାଗୀତା
- partnership in Nepali
- साझेदारी
- partnership in Pashto
- شرکت širkát
- partnership in Tagalog
- bakasan
- partnership in Arabic
- شِرَاكَة širāka
- partnership in Malay
- perkongsian
- partnership in Indonesian
- kemitraan, perusahaan persekutuan
- partnership in Persian
- شراکت šerâkat
- partnership in Vietnamese
- công ty hợp danh
Examples of partnership in a sentence
- Partnerships, limited-liability companies, and Subchapter S corporations are the main US passthroughs.
- The debt of a general partnership is a joint and several liability of each general partner.
- CWI is maintained by the Minnesota Geological Survey (MGS) in partnership with the MDH.
Forms of partnership
| plural | partnerships |
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Origin of partnership
From partner + -ship. Cognate with West Frisian partnerskip (“partnership”), Dutch partnerschap (“partnership”), Low German Partnerschop (“partnership”), German Partnerschaft (“partnership”), Danish partnerskab (“partnership”), Danish partnerskab (“partnership”), Norwegian Bokmål partnerskap (“partnership”), Norwegian Nynorsk partnerskap (“partnership”).
Words formed from partnership
Questions about partnership
- What does partnership mean?
- Partnership means the state of being associated with a partner.
- What is partnership in Hindi?
- Partnership in Hindi is भागीदारी (bhāgīdārī). See Partnership meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is partnership?
- Partnership is a noun.
- How do you pronounce partnership?
- Partnership is pronounced /ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of partnership?
- The plural of partnership is partnerships.
Words near partnership in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: partnership (page history and authors); partnership (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); भागी (Marathi) (page history and authors); ఉమ్మడి (Telugu) (page history and authors); പങ്കാളിത്തം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); partnership (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ભાગીદારી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); partnership (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); partnership (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); شرکت (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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