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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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Unlike many other Western competitors, Tesla’s automaking operation there isn’t part of a Chinese joint venture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The organisation is a joint venture between the US pharma giant MSD -- known as Merck in North America -- and the British charity Wellcome Trust.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

In April, the firm said it would start making cruise missiles for the first time as part of a joint venture with Dutch defence firm Destinus.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Beyond Kalshi, Robinhood’s existing prediction-markets partners include Interactive Brokers’ ForecastEx and Rothera, a future and derivatives exchange managed through Robinhood’s joint venture with Susquehanna International Group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

He says the miner’s 1H profit and cash flow beats appear to be largely driven by lower taxes and higher contributions from joint-venture partners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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

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

Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro said its Qatari smelter is shutting down after its joint-venture partner stopped supplying gas amid attacks from Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Outside of oil, China has at least one known joint-venture deal called Arco Minero, but given Venezuela as-is now, I’d say they can have it.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026