general partnership
noun [C] FINANCEDefinition
› a company that is owned by two or more general partners who share its profits and must pay its debts if it goes bankrupt: He will assume the CEO duties on Jan. 1, and will join the current four-member general partnership. → Compare limited partnership
(Definition of general partnership noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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