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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

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Etymology

Origin of joint-venture

First recorded in 1870–75

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Example Sentences

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The new joint venture was called Manchester Life and, over a decade, it had a plan to build more than 6,000 new homes through investment of up to £1bn.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

During the quarter, Leonardo announced a multibillion-dollar contract to develop a new stealth fighter jet in a joint venture with BAE Systems and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries under the Global Combat Air Program, or GCAP.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Musk wants to expand the data centers, and build a giant AI chip plant outside College Station, Texas, called Terafab, in a joint venture with Tesla.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The project in British Columbia is a joint venture among Shell, Mitsubishi Corp.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

Volkswagen spent years defending a joint-venture plant in Xinjiang before selling it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

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