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joint venture
–noun
| a business enterprise in which two or more companies enter a temporary partnership. Abbreviation: JV, J.V. |
Related forms:
joint venturer, noun
joint venturing, noun
joint-ven⋅ture
[joint-ven-cher] 
tʃər
verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing. Informal.–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to establish or enter a joint venture or partnership. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to establish or run as a joint venture. |
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| joint venture n. A partnership or conglomerate, formed often to share risk or expertise: a joint venture between the film companies. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Joint Venture - JV
The cooperation of two or more individuals or businesses--each agreeing to share profit, loss and control--in a specific enterprise.
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This is a good way for companies to partner without having to merge. JVs are typically taxed as a partnership.
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See also: Keiretsu, Partnership, Strategic Alliance
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joint venture
- A business undertaken by two or more individuals or companies in an effort to share risk and use differences in expertise. For example, oil companies often enter into joint ventures on particularly expensive projects carrying a high risk of failure. See also consortium.
Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Main Entry: joint ven·ture
Pronunciation: -'ven-ch&r
Function: noun
1 : a cooperative business agreement or partnership between two or more parties that is usually limited to a single enterprise and that involves the sharing of resources, control, profits, and losses —compare COMBINATION
2 : a criminal undertaking by two or more persons in which each intentionally takes part —used in the law of Massachusetts
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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