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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

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

• joint venturer
  noun
• joint venturing
  noun

Etymology

Origin of joint-venture

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Google recently hooked up with Blackstone to create a joint venture that will specialize in renting TPUs out in the cloud.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Demand for data-center capacity also remains healthy, with its TM Nxera joint venture on track to begin operations in 2H, it notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Stellantis said this week it had formed a joint venture with China's Dongfeng to share EV manufacturing, sales and engineering operations in Europe.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The joint venture would take responsibility for the sale and distribution of Dongfeng’s Voyah-branded NEVs, a category that includes fully electric variants and plug-in hybrids.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

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

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies