English noun: partnership | |||
1. | partnership (group) the members of a business venture created by contract | ||
Broader (hypernym) | business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | copartnership | ||
Member holonym | partner | ||
2. | partnership a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal | ||
Samples | Effective language learning is a partnership between school, teacher and student. The action teams worked in partnership with the government. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | human relationship, relationship | ||
3. | partnership (communication) a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses | ||
Broader (hypernym) | contract | ||