partnership

partnership
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. co-ownership, [business] association; cooperation, alliance. See accompaniment.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. alliance, union, marriage, cooperation, company, combination, corporation, cartel, connection, brotherhood, society, lodge, club, fellowship, fraternity, confederation, band, body, crew, coterie, clique, gang, ring, faction, party, community, conjunction, joining, companionship, friendship, help, assistance, chumminess*; see also business 4 , organization 3 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
alliance, collaboration, cooperative, association, union, confederacy, marriage, team, affiliation, company.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The state of being associated: affiliation, alliance, association, combination, conjunction, connection, cooperation. See NEAR.

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