partnership English · revision 5030

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1576|origins=en partner, en -ship}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈpɑːt.nə.ʃɪp/, US /ˈpɑːrt.nɚ.ʃɪp/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|en|partner|-ship]].^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The state of being a partner, association or companionship: 1576 in the OED and MWU, the 1570s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The commercial sense, an association of two or more persons carrying on a business and sharing its profits and losses, is from 1616 in the Historical Thesaurus and about 1700 in Etymonline and the OED,^(HTOED)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the persons forming it from 1802–12.^(OED 1989) In arithmetic, the rule for working out each partner's share was called partnership from 1704 to 1859.^(HTOED)^(OED 1989) In cricket a partnership is a period when two batsmen are in together, from 1868.^(HTOED)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1576 – being a partner.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1616 – a business association.^(HTOED)

+ * 1704 – a rule in arithmetic.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1868 – in cricket.^(HTOED)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The state of being partners; a relationship in which people or groups work together.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(law)'' A business owned by two or more people who share its [[profit]]s and losses.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(cricket)'' A period during which two [[batsman|alt=batsmen]] are batting together.^(HTOED)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prepartnership]]

+ * [[limited partnership]]

+ * [[general partnership]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[partner]]

+ * [[part]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}