partnership
nounUK /ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/ · US /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/
Etymology From partner + -ship. Cognate with Danish partnerskab, Dutch partnerschap, German Partnerschaft, Norwegian Bokmål partnerskap, Norwegian Nynorsk partnerskap, Swedish partnerskap, and West Frisian partnerskip.
1
The state of being associated with a partner.
- scientists working in close partnership with colleagues overseas
2
An association of two or more people to conduct a business.
- forge a partnership
3
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports 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.
- Derived terms
- civil partnership, copartnership, domestic partnership, general partnership, limited partnership, multipartnership, prepartnership, public/private partnership, public private partnership, public-private partnership, social partnership, subpartnership