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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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joint venture joint-venture

Chinese state-owned automaker GAC is acquiring part of automaker FAW’s stake in an undisclosed vehicle manufacturing joint venture through share issuance, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The deal could involve SK Hynix leasing Intel’s planned manufacturing plant in Ohio or forming a joint venture, according to a Reuters report, which added that any agreement could face South Korean government opposition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The US government will retain 55% control of a joint venture with an "experienced private operator in Venezuela", a US official told the BBC's US partner CBS News.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Both Jackdaw and Rosebank are operated by Adura, a joint venture between energy giants Shell and Norway's Equinor.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

When the goods are sold or the project is finished, the joint venture ends.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

VW CEO Oliver Blume said in April of this year that Volkswagen was considering sharing spare European factory capacity with Chinese joint-venture partners.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

Renault said it would acquire Volvo AB’s 45% stake and CMA-CGM’s 10% stake in electric-van joint-venture Flexis for an undisclosed sum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 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