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• joint venture
  joint venture

  noun

  a business enterprise in which two or more companies enter a temporary partnership. JV, J.V.
• joint-venture
  joint-venture

  verb (used without object)

  to establish or enter a joint venture or partnership.

joint venture

¹ American  

noun

• joint ventures
  plural

1. a business enterprise in which two or more companies enter a temporary partnership. JV, J.V.

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joint-venture ² American  

[joint-ven-cher] / ˈdʒɔɪntˈvɛn tʃər /

verb (used without object)

joint-ventured, joint-venturing

1. to establish or enter a joint venture or partnership.

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verb (used with object)

joint-ventured, joint-venturing

1. to establish or run as a joint venture.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• joint venturer
  noun
• joint venturing
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• joint ventures
  plural

Etymology

Origin of joint-venture

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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joint venture joint-venture

They show that in October 2003, months before Tenenbaum said he first became aware of Sibneft-Yugra, he had authorised Abramovich's purchase of shares in the joint venture.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Google is not alone -- a joint venture between Reliance Industries, Brookfield and Digital Realty is investing $11 billion in another AI data centre in Vizag.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

The former New York governor signed on as co-chairman of OKXICE, a joint venture between U.S. exchange powerhouse ICE and OKX that plans to tokenize stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Both Jackdaw and Rosebank are operated by Adura, a joint venture between Equinor and Shell.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

When the goods are sold or the project is finished, the joint venture ends.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

VW CEO Oliver Blume said in April of this year that Volkswagen was considering sharing spare European factory capacity with Chinese joint-venture partners.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Days after the U.S. expanded sanctions against Cuba, Sherritt suspended its joint-venture activities in the country and three directors including Chair Brian Imrie resigned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

FICO’s main competition in mortgage scoring is the VantageScore, a joint-venture of credit bureaus Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian.

From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026

Intel investors have been reacting positively to its recent announcement of a change to a joint-venture arrangement — and another a similar catalyst may be on the horizon.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro said its Qatari smelter is shutting down after its joint-venture partner stopped supplying gas amid attacks from Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026