PARTNER


Meaning of PARTNER in English

■ noun

1》 a person who takes part in an undertaking with another or others, especially in a business or firm with shared risks and profits.

2》 either of two people doing something as a couple or pair.

3》 either member of a married couple or of an established unmarried couple.

4》 US dated or dialect a friendly form of address by one man to another.

■ verb

1》 be the ~ of.

2》 N. Amer. associate as ~s.

Derivatives

~less adjective

Origin

ME: alt. of parcener '~, joint heir', from Anglo-Norman Fr. parcener , based on L. partitio(n-) 'partition'.

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