- (n.) The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state.
- (n.) See Fellowship, n., 6.
- (n.) An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution of an undertaking or a business on joint account; a company; a firm; a house; as, to form a partnership.
- (n.) A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or interest.
- (n.) A contract between two or more competent persons for joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill or any or all of them, under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profit between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business or adventure.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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