partners

[pahrt-ner]

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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Partners is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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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partners (ˈpɑːtnəz)
 
pl n
nautical a wooden construction around an opening in a deck, as to support a mast

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