co·part·ner

(kō-pärt′nər, kō′pärt′-)

A joint partner, as in a business enterprise; an associate.

co·part′ner·ship′ n.

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copartnership

(kəʊˈpɑːtnəʃɪp)

1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise

2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a form of industrial democracy in which the employees of an organization are partners in the company and share in part of its profits

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copartnership - a partnership in which employees get a share of the profits in addition to their wages

partnership - the members of a business venture created by contract

Translations

copartnership

n → Teilhaberschaft f, → Partnerschaft f

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This copartnership continued until the death of the white partner.

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He had long been dissatisfied with the smallness of his interest in the copartnership, and had requested an additional number of shares; his request not being complied with, he resolved to abandon the company.

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I know this well, that if one thousand, if one hundred, if ten men whom I could name -- if ten honest men only -- ay, if one HONEST man, in this State of Massachusetts, ceasing to hold slaves, were actually to withdraw from this copartnership, and be locked up in the county jail therefor, it would be the abolition of slavery in America.

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'The Circumlocution Department, sir,' Mr Barnacle replied, 'may have possibly recommended--possibly--I cannot say--that some public claim against the insolvent estate of a firm or copartnership to which this person may have belonged, should be enforced.

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