copartnership
Britishnoun
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a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
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a form of industrial democracy in which the employees of an organization are partners in the company and share in part of its profits
Example Sentences
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I acquired a half-interest in a copartnership and became the largest stockholder in a corporation . . . both interested in state and interstate commerce.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last one to sign the articles of copartnership was Charles Denston Dickey two years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gatti's first year was in a vague sort of copartnership with Andreas Dippel, who directed the German operas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Single-handed, America can not defend itself, except at a prohibitive cost; whereas in copartnership with these others the national defense becomes a virtually negligible matter.
From An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation by Veblen, Thorstein
In him an act of friendship was an inauguration of personal copartnership.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.
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