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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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“There’s more and more overlap, especially with Terafab,” Musk said, referring to a multibillion-dollar joint venture to develop and manufacture chips in Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The joint venture will begin operations in the first half of 2027, subject to regulatory approvals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

In April, his production company Wonder Project launched a joint venture called Innovative Dreams with Luma, a rival to Runway.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

A: We've announced the creation of a joint venture, a new company between Airbus and Germany's MTU, to move into hydrogen propulsion for the next generation of aircraft.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 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

However, Berkeley said it would continue to make land acquisitions through joint-venture arrangements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Within three years the agreement will “drive considerable new Chinese joint-venture investment in Canada with trusted partners to protect and create new auto manufacturing careers for Canadian workers,” it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 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