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general partnership
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general partnership
n.
A partnership in which each of the partners is liable for all of the firm's debts, and the actions of one partner are binding on each of the other partners.


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To address this hazard, the limited partnership may be set up such that the general partner is actually a corporation or LLC.
Typically, it has one limited partner, a corporation that owns 100% of the partnership capital, and one general partner (also a corporation (or "GmbH")) with no equity interest and no share in the company's profits and losses.
Together with the general partner (or general partners), they comprise the two classes of partners in a limited partnership.
 
 
 
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