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subpartner

subpartner noun: a party to a subpartnership.

Noun

subpartner (plural subpartners)

  1. A party to a subpartnership.
    • The court taxed the husband on all the income, as the wife was merely a "subpartner" receiving part of the partnership income derivatively from her husband.1947, Charles E. Works, “Taxation of Family Partnerships and Family Corporations”, in The Rocky Mountain Law Review, volume 19, number 3, University of Colorado, page 209

Forms of subpartner

pluralsubpartners

Origin of subpartner

From sub- + partner.

Questions about subpartner

What does subpartner mean?
Subpartner means a party to a subpartnership.
What part of speech is subpartner?
Subpartner is a noun.
What is the plural of subpartner?
The plural of subpartner is subpartners.

Words near subpartner in the dictionary

  1. subparties
  2. subpartition
  3. subpartitioned
  4. subpartitioning
  5. subpartitions
  6. subpartner
  7. subpartners
  8. subpartnership
  9. subpartnerships
  10. subparts
  11. subparty

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