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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

Etymology

Origin of joint-venture

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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The US government will retain 55% control of a joint venture with an "experienced private operator in Venezuela", a US official told the BBC's US partner CBS News.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Both Jackdaw and Rosebank are operated by Adura, a joint venture between energy giants Shell and Norway's Equinor.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Smith, Mosley, 4 13 Solutions, Wilson Holdings and its principal owner, Darrel Wilson, and the group’s joint venture firm, Jabez 4 10 LLC, were named as co-defendants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

He set up a California-based joint venture with U.S. electric-vehicle maker Rivian to take on tasks Cariad had struggled with.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

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

Fresh Iranian missile strikes on Thursday caused “extensive further damage” to the Ras Laffan complex, according to state-owned QatarEnergy, Hydro’s joint-venture partner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro said its Qatari smelter is shutting down after its joint-venture partner stopped supplying gas amid attacks from Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Outside of oil, China has at least one known joint-venture deal called Arco Minero, but given Venezuela as-is now, I’d say they can have it.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026