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general partnership

American  

noun

  1. a partnership in which each of the partners is fully liable for the firm's debts.


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While Blue Owl has emphasized its private-credit business in recent years, it also has two other businesses in real assets and in general partnership stakes, where it buys minority equity stakes in money managers.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

“The ministry has no record of a registration under the Business Names Act for a corporation or general partnership with the name ‘Interleave, Inc,’ ” the organization told me.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2025

When a DAO comes into contact with general partnership law, something bad happens.

From The Verge Feb. 22, 2022

There are six common types of business entities: sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited partnership, C corporation, S corporation and limited liability company.

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2021

I want to see if there is enough faith and honesty and industry and trustfulness left in the world to make such a general partnership a success.

From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

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