joint venture

noun

a business enterprise in which two or more companies enter a temporary partnership. JV, J.V.

joint-venture

[joint-ven-cher]

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verb (used without object)

joint-ventured, joint-venturing

to establish or enter a joint venture or partnership.

verb (used with object)

joint-ventured, joint-venturing

to establish or run as a joint venture.

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Other Word Forms

joint venturer noun
joint venturing noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of joint venture¹

First recorded in 1870–75

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Paramount runs the joint venture with Stone and Parker, sharing control of the streaming rights to the show that launched in 1997 on Comedy Central, although the duo can veto streaming deals they find unfavorable.

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Their proposed factory in Michigan, a joint venture with Ford, would employ 2,500 Americans.

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Investigators said the product was the result of a joint venture between Ms Nguyen and a company set up by the two other influencers.

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It is a joint venture by UN agencies, aid groups and governments that measures whether a famine is happening.

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"These deals will further integrate the Saudi and US economies together, joint ventures in the kingdom, in the United States, procurements of American weapons and goods," says Mr Shihabi.

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