joint venture

¹

noun

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

joint-venture

²

[joint-ven-cher]

verb (used without object)

joint-ventured, joint-venturing 

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

verb (used with object)

joint-ventured, joint-venturing 

1. to establish or run as a joint venture.

Other Word Forms

• joint venturer noun
• joint venturing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of joint venture¹

First recorded in 1870–75