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limited partnership

American  

noun

  1. a partnership formed by at least one general partner and at least one special partner.


Etymology

Origin of limited partnership

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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The donation, in the form of limited partnership units in Stone Ridge, was gifted in 2017 to help the university create a finance innovation centre.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023

What’s more, Drabinsky stressed, he is not in charge of the show’s finances — an arrangement made explicit by the limited partnership formed to bring it to Broadway.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2022

There are six common types of business entities: sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited partnership, C corporation, S corporation and limited liability company.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2021

Earlier this year, OpenAI created a for-profit limited partnership to take outside investment.

From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2019

Deaf to urgent appeals of its trusted officers, to establish a system of light, swift blockade-runners, the Department admitted their practical necessity, by entering into a limited partnership with a blockade-breaking firm.

From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by DeLeon, T. C.