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part·ner

[pahrt-ner]
noun
1.
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
2.
Law.
a.
a person associated with another or others as a principal or a contributor of capital in a business or a joint venture, usually sharing its risks and profits.
4.
a husband or a wife; spouse.
5.
either of two people who dance together: my favorite partner in the waltz.
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6.
a player on the same side or team as another: My tennis partner was an excellent player.
7.
partners, Nautical. a framework of timber round a hole in a ship's deck, to support a mast, capstan, pump, etc.
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verb (used with object)
8.
to associate as a partner or partners with.
9.
to serve as the partner of.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English partener, alteration of parcener by association with part

part·ner·less, adjective
non·part·ner, noun
un·der·part·ner, noun


1. colleague, accessory, accomplice.

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Example Sentences
  • For decades, becoming a partner in a law or accounting firm was almost better than getting tenure at a university.
  • She wouldn't get it if you referred to your partner rather than your husband.
  • The foreign partner provided capital, knowledge, access to international markets and jobs.
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World English Dictionary
partner (ˈpɑːtnə)
 
n
1.  an ally or companion: a partner in crime
2.  a member of a partnership
3.  one of a pair of dancers or players on the same side in a game: my bridge partner
4.  either member of a couple in a relationship
 
vb
5.  to be or cause to be a partner (of)
 
[C14: variant (influenced by part) of parcener]
 
'partnerless
 
adj

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Word Origin & History

partner
late 13c., from O.Fr. parçener "joint heir," from parçon "partition," from L. partitionem (nom. partitio) "portion" (see partition). Form infl. by part (n.). The word may also represent O.Fr. part tenour "part holder." Partnership in the commercial sense is attested from c.1700.
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