Used in a Sentence

partnership

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for partnership.

Editorial note

In my view it was a partnership and you're ignoring a huge part of what made Apple Apple.

Examples17
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An association of two or more people to conduct a business.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of partnership gathered in one view.

noun

An association of two or more people to conduct a business.

noun

The state of being associated with a partner.

noun

(cricket) 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.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for partnership.

noun

An association of two or more people to conduct a business.

noun

The state of being associated with a partner.

noun

(cricket) 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.

Example sentences

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In my view it was a partnership and you're ignoring a huge part of what made Apple Apple.

2

We have built a partnership with a European underwriter to sell policies on their behalf.

3

Yes, it would be like dissolving a business partnership of more than two people which..er..

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EMC and VMWare (and Cisco) have a partnership for the vBlock managed infrastructure device.

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Microsoft has Bing and their own advertising platform, with a tight partnership with Yahoo.

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ATT went into partnership with Apple over this and, if they can't handle what it delivers, they should have discovered this beforehand.

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He had a partnership with Fusion Garage, why would he air their dirty laundry?

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He had a partnership with Fusion Garage Doesn't sound like he did, actually.

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I probably would walk for a partnership track position in a top firm, but that's it.

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He also holds partnership units that gave him $1.4 million in dividends.

11

Do you have some idea of what strategic investment/partnership is being made?

12

Technically, a joint venture (indeed, any partnership) can be based on a purely verbal arrangement This makes sense, but it scares me a little.

Quote examples

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Furthermore, some jurisdictions have so called "common law marriage" clauses that allow for circumstances indirect to religious or civil marriage, such as a domestic partnership, to be considered legally binding marriages.

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I'm confused by this statement in the article you linked, and I've heard it before: > the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), is the most important free-trade agreement in years How does "29 chapters of dense rules and hundreds of tariff lines " == "free trade"?

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As appears in the TC case, the "false promise" and "binding partnership" type of claims tend to arise when parties have had complex dealings between them, allowing one or more of the parties to assert colorable claims of having been misled to one's detriment or of claiming that the parties agreed to undertake a venture by which they would split profits.

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I've usually flown solo or been taken advantage of by my team (me doing all the work, them contributing nothing, waiting to see it reach "critical mass".) On the last go, I even offered a guy an equal partnership, but that was not enough and he never committed.

Proper noun examples

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Of course, if only the UK was part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership...

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use partnership in a sentence?

In my view it was a partnership and you're ignoring a huge part of what made Apple Apple.

What does partnership mean?

An association of two or more people to conduct a business.

What part of speech is partnership?

partnership is commonly used as noun.