domestic partnership

American  

[duh-mest-ik pahrt-ner-ship] / dəˈmɛst ɪk ˈpɑrt nərˌʃɪp /

noun

plural

domestic partnerships

1. the legal status of two unmarried people who live together and are granted certain legal spousal recognitions, such as eligibility for benefits or tax credits.

2. Business. an arrangement in which a company based in a developing country collaborates with a foreign-based multinational.

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Example Sentences

Actual implementation of a plural domestic partnership registry, however, is still at least several months away.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

“It may be a good idea to draft a domestic partnership agreement with an attorney that spells out the legal and financial responsibilities of each partner and how you would split anything jointly owned.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

Ms. Baldwin herself is not married, though she was in a domestic partnership that has since been dissolved.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

The once-a-decade census, the yearly American Community Survey and the annual Current Population Survey now allow same-sex couples a chance to answer if they are in a marriage or domestic partnership.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2022

In conjugation two complementary persons may supply one another's deficiencies: in the domestic partnership of marriage they only feel them and suffer from them.

From Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion by Shaw, Bernard