PARTNER

[noun] [C] - a person you are closely involved with in some wayHe gave up his job as a police officer after his partner was killed.The two companies are partners in a contract to build a new power station.We're having dinner with a business partner of my wife's this evening.A partner in a company is one of the owners.He's a partner in an insurance company/a law firm.Your partner can also be the person you are married to or living with as if you were married to them, or the person you are having a sexual relationship withI think I'd want to consult my partner on a decision as important as that.Thirty per cent of the women questioned in the survey said they'd had more than eight sexual partners.See study section: RelationshipsA partner is also one of a pair of dancers or one of a pair who are playing a sport or a game together, esp. when the pair are playing as a team.I can't go to the dance if I haven't got a partner.Sarah is my new jogging partner.