copartnery
(kəʊˈpɑːtnərɪ)
[f. copartner + -y: cf. coparcenary.]
1. = copartnership 1.
| 1777 Robertson Hist. Amer. I. ii. 159 Roderigo de Bastidas fitted out two ships in co-partnery with John de la Cosa. 1816 Scott Antiq. xli, Having been of late taken into copartnery..by Mr. Gilbert Greenhorn. 1828 Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. (1863) 519 That more important and durable co-partnery—marriage. 1862 Act 25–26 Vict. c. 89 §183 Any..contract of copartnery..or other instrument constituting or regulating the company. |
2. = copartnership 2.
| 1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scot. 191 The Copartnery were obliged to break up, and give it over. 1796 Hull Advertiser 9 Apr. 3/1 One copartnery salted about 7000 [herrings]. 1880 Muirhead Gaius iii. §151 A co-partnery continues as long as the partners are of the same mind. 1890 Spectator 29 Mar., The best thing he can do is to form his own little copartnery against all the ills of the world. |