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part·ner n: one of two or more persons associated as joint principals in carrying on a business for the purpose of enjoying a joint profit: a member of a partnership; specif: a partner in a law firmdormant partner: silent partner in this entrygeneral partner: a partner whose liability for partnership debts and obligations is unlimited compare limited partner in this entrylim·it·ed partner: a partner in a venture who has no management authority and whose liability is limited to the amount of his or her investment compare general partner in this entrypartner in com·men·dam /-in-kə-'men-dəm, -kō-'men-ˌdäm/ in the civil law of Louisiana: limited partner in this entrysi·lent partner: a partner who takes no active part in conducting the partnership business but who receives a share of its profits and whose existence is often not made public – called also dormant partner;
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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abettor, accessory, accomplice, adjutant, adjutor, adjuvant, aid, aider, ally, assistant, associate, coadjutant, coadjutor, cohelper, collaborator, colluder, comate, companion, compeer, confederate, consociate, cooperator, coowner, copartner, coworker, fellow worker, helper, member of a partnership, partaker, particeps, participant, participator, sharer, socius, teammate, teamworker, workfellow
associated concepts: equal partner, general partner, limited partner, managing partner, nominal partner, partner in crime, silent partner, surviving partner
foreign phrases:
- Cum aliquis renunciaverit societati, solvitur societas. — When any partner renounces the partnership, the partnership is dissolved- Socii mei socius meus socius non est. — The partner of my partner is not my partnerII index accessory, accomplice, assistant, associate, coactor, coadjutant, coconspirator, cohort, colleague, confederate, connect (join together), consociate, consort, conspirer, contributor (contributor), copartner (business associate), member (individual in a group), participant, partisan, party (participant)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.(1) A person who shares the profits and risks of some business or other enterprise with one or several other people.(2) A spouse or domestic partner.v.To join with someone else as partners.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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One of the co-owners and investors in a partnership. Each partner claims a share of the the business's income or losses on the partner's individual tax return. General partners are responsible for the debts, contracts, and actions of all the partners in the business. Limited partners do not share responsibility for partnership debts and cannot share in management decisions.Category: Business, LLCs & Corporations → LLCs, Corporations, Partnerships, etc.
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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For the purposes of a request for flexible working, a partner means the other member of a couple consisting of either a man and a woman who are not married to each other but are living together as if they were husband and wife, or two people of the same sex who are not civil partners of each other but are living together as if they were civil partners.
Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010.
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n.1) one of the co-owners and investors in a "partnership" which is an on-going business enterprise entered into for profit. A "general partner" is responsible for the debts, contracts and actions of all the partners in the business, is an equal in management decisions unless there is an agreement establishing management duties and rights, and shares in the profits and losses based on the percentage of the investment (either in money or effort) in the partnership. A "limited partner" does not share responsibility for debts beyond his/her investment, cannot share in management, and shares in profits based on a written agreement. A "silent partner" is no different from any partner except he/she is not visible to the public and has no part in day-to-day management.2) slang for "domestic partner," usually two people living together, either homosexual or heterosexual, sharing lives and possessions, and not married.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.