# partnership

Pronunciation: US say "PART-nur-ship" /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/; UK/AUS say "PART-nuh-ship" /ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/

## Noun

1. An association of two or more people who join together to conduct a business.
   - Simple: A business that two or more people own and run together.
   - _After years of working alone, she finally formed a partnership with a trusted colleague._
   - _The law firm operated as a partnership, with profits split among the senior members._
2. The condition of being associated with another person as one's partner in some shared activity.
   - Simple: The state of being joined with another person as a partner.
   - _The two scientists worked in close partnership throughout the project._
   - _Years of partnership had taught them to anticipate each other's moves._
3. In cricket, the spell during which two particular batters bat together, lasting from one wicket falling to the next, and the runs scored in that time.
   - Simple: In cricket, the time two batters spend batting together, and the runs they make, until one of them is out.
   - _The opening partnership put on eighty runs before lunch._
   - _A patient partnership between the two middle-order batters steadied the innings._

## Origin

Formed from "partner" combined with the suffix "-ship".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/partnership (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).