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See more synonyms for partner on Thesaurus.com a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate. Law a person associated with another or others as a principal or a contributor of capital in a business or a joint venture, usually sharing its risks and profits. special partner .silent partner .a spouse; a husband or a wife. the person with whom one cohabits in a romantic relationship: I'd like you to meet my partner, Sarah. either of two people who dance together: my favorite partner in the waltz. a player on the same side or team as another: My tennis partner was an excellent player. partners, Nautical a framework of timber round a hole in a ship's deck, to support a mast, capstan, pump, etc. Show More
to associate as a partner or partners with. to serve as the partner of. Show More
Origin of partner 1250–1300; Middle English partener, alteration of
parcener by association with
part Related forms part·ner·less , adjective non·part·ner , noun un·der·part·ner , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for partners colleague ,
spouse ,
participant ,
associate ,
wife ,
companion ,
friend ,
ally ,
husband ,
crony ,
cohort ,
comrade ,
chum ,
teammate ,
buddy ,
helper ,
consort ,
assistant ,
sidekick ,
date Examples from the Web for partners Contemporary Examples of partners What if there were a legal dispute between the foreign investor and his or her Egyptian partners or collaborators?
I know that many people do not feel they possess their partners and lovers.
Back then, when partners of stars melted into the background, it was a barnstorming stealing of the show.
YouTube has signed up over a million partners (people who agree to run ads over their videos to make money from their content).
Women also reported initiating sex more frequently with partners who had a sense of humor.
Historical Examples of partners Well, as I was saying, the camping company consists of two partners .
The young Arab spoke to the boards as though they were partners in his iniquity.
One condition of friendship is that the partners in it should be known to each other.
His own partners would be torn from him, and turned out upon the world.
It was certainly true that she had seen changes of partners .
British Dictionary definitions for partners nautical a wooden construction around an opening in a deck, as to support a mast Show More
an ally or companion a partner in crime a member of a partnership one of a pair of dancers or players on the same side in a game my bridge partner either member of a couple in a relationship Show More
to be or cause to be a partner (of) Show More
Derived Forms partnerless , adjective Word Origin for partner C14: variant (influenced by part ) of parcener
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Word Origin and History for partners v. 1610s, transitive, "to make a partner," from partner (n.). Intransitive sense from 1961. Related: Partnered ; partnering .
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n. c.1300, altered from parcener (late 13c.), from Old French parçonier "partner, associate; joint owner, joint heir," from parçon "partition, division. portion, share, lot," from Latin partitionem (nominative partitio ) "a sharing, partition, division, distribution" (see partition (n.)). Form in English influenced by part (n.). The word also may represent Old French part tenour "part holder."
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