subpartnership
subpartnership noun: an arrangement whereby a partner of a partnership agrees to share profits and losses with a nonpartner without thereby forming a partnership.
Noun
subpartnership (countable and uncountable, plural subpartnerships)
- An arrangement whereby a partner of a partnership agrees to share profits and losses with a nonpartner without thereby forming a partnership.
- As shown elsewhere herein, the subpartnership is no part of, and is not included within, the primary partnership.1930, Scott Rowley, “Risk Evasion Through Subpartnership”, in Columbia Law Review, volume 30, number 5, Columbia Law Review Association, Inc., page 674
Forms of subpartnership
| plural | subpartnerships |
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Origin of subpartnership
From sub- + partnership.
Questions about subpartnership
- What does subpartnership mean?
- Subpartnership means an arrangement whereby a partner of a partnership agrees to share profits and losses with a nonpartner without thereby forming a partnership.
- What part of speech is subpartnership?
- Subpartnership is a noun.
- What is the plural of subpartnership?
- The plural of subpartnership is subpartnerships.
Words near subpartnership in the dictionary
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