domestic partnership

American  

[duh-mest-ik pahrt-ner-ship] / dəˈmɛst ɪk ˈpɑrt nərˌʃɪp /

noun

plural

domestic partnerships

1. the legal status of two unmarried people who live together and are granted certain legal spousal recognitions, such as eligibility for benefits or tax credits.

2. Business. an arrangement in which a company based in a developing country collaborates with a foreign-based multinational.

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Example Sentences

“It may be a good idea to draft a domestic partnership agreement with an attorney that spells out the legal and financial responsibilities of each partner and how you would split anything jointly owned.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

Ms. Baldwin herself is not married, though she was in a domestic partnership that has since been dissolved.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

We are not married and do not have any official domestic partnership, and our state does not recognize common-law marriages.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2022

Today, after 26 years, I ended one of the longest relationships of my life — longer than any of my jobs and as long as my domestic partnership.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2020

In conjugation two complementary persons may supply one another's deficiencies: in the domestic partnership of marriage they only feel them and suffer from them.

From Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion by Shaw, Bernard