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copartnership

British  
/ kəʊˈpɑːtnəʃɪp /

noun

  1. a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise

  2. a form of industrial democracy in which the employees of an organization are partners in the company and share in part of its profits

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Last one to sign the articles of copartnership was Charles Denston Dickey two years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gatti's first year was in a vague sort of copartnership with Andreas Dippel, who directed the German operas.

From Time Magazine Archive

I acquired a half-interest in a copartnership and became the largest stockholder in a corporation . . . both interested in state and interstate commerce.

From Time Magazine Archive

The copartnership implied was with M. de Farcy.

From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding

Then he added, bitterly: 'If I could find a chimpanzee, I would draw up articles of copartnership with him in fifteen minutes.'

From The Comstock Club by Charles Carroll Goodwin

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