See Also: Partner(finance)
partner(dictionary)
Partner(money)
Partner With(money)
Silent partner(finance)
Sleeping partner(finance)
domestic partner(dictionary)
partner 1, noun(dictionary)
partner 2, verb(dictionary)
silent partner(dictionary)

partner (iou)



partner noun & verb. ME.
[Alt. of PARCENER by assoc. with PART noun: cf. PARDNER. See also PARTNERS.]
A. noun.
A person who possesses something jointly with another or others. Now rare. ME.
b. A participant, a partaker. ME-M16.
gen. A person who takes part with another or others in doing something; an associate, a colleague; (now only in partner in crime) an accomplice. Also (chiefly US) as voc. as a familiar form of address. ME.
sparring partner: see SPAR verb1.
E. Leonard How you doing, partner?
b. A person who is associated with another or others in the carrying on of a business with shared risks and profits. LME.
junior partner, senior partner, etc. dormant partner: see DORMANT adjective. latent partner: see LATENT adjective. limited partner: see LIMITED adjective. silent partner: see SILENT adjective. sleeping partner: see SLEEPING ppl adjective. special partner: see SPECIAL adjective.
G. Swift He was a partner in a successful firm of consultant engineers.
c. A companion in dancing; a person accompanying another to a party or other entertainment. E17.
Beano Right, gentlementake your partners for the waltz!
d. A player (esp. one of two) on the same side in a game. L17.
e. A spouse; a member of a couple who live together or are habitual companions; a lover. M18.
V. Bramwell Partners who snore or move around when they're asleep are a problem.
Biology. Either of a pair or group of symbiotically associated organisms. E20.
Comb.: partners desk, partners' desk a large flat-topped pedestal desk at which two people may sit opposite each other.
b. verb.
verb trans. Make a partner, join, with. ME.
verb trans. Be or act as the partner of. L19.
Daily Telegraph The Colonials had scored 192 for the loss of four wickets...On resuming Bonnor partnered Giffen.
verb intrans. Associate as partners; join with as a partner. M20.
L. McMurtry It's odd I partnered with a man like you.
partnering noun association as partners; the action, work, or style of a partner, esp. in dancing: L19.
partnerless adjective M19.