Partner
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, searchA partner is:
- A friend In a comparison of personal relationships, friendship is considered to be closer than association, although there is a range of degrees of intimacy in both friendships and associations. Friendship and association can be thought of as spanning across the same continuum. The study of friendship is included in sociology, social psychology, who shares a common interest or participates in achieving a common goal
- A member Significant other is a gender-blind, politically correct term to refer to a person's partner in an intimate relationship without disclosing or presuming anything about their marital status or sexual orientation. It is also vague enough to avoid offence from using a term that an individual might consider inappropriate (e.g. lover when he or she of an intimate relationship
- A member of a partnership A partnership is a type of business entity in which partners share with each other the profits or losses of the business. Partnerships are often favored over corporations for taxation purposes, as the partnership structure does not generally incur a tax on profits before they are distributed to the partners (i.e. there is no dividend tax levied)
- A business partner Business partner is a term used to denote a commercial entity with which another commercial entity has some form of alliance. This relationship may be a highly contractual, exclusive bond in which both entities commit not to ally with third parties. Alternatively, it may be a very loose arrangement designed largely to impress customers and
- Partner (business rank) A partner within the context of a law firm, accounting firm, or financial firm is a highly ranked position. Originally, these businesses were set up as legal partnerships in which the partners were entitled to a share of the profits of the enterprise. The name has remained even though many of these entities are now corporations, a member of a law firm or accounting firm which is formed as a partnership; sometimes senior employees of the firm may have the title "partner" (e.g., "salaried partner") to indicate a profit sharing status; salaried partners are distinguished from equity partners, who own the business.
- A participant in a partner dance Partner dances are dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners, as opposed to individuals dancing alone or individually in a non-coordinated manner, and as opposed to groups of people dancing simultaneously in a coordinated manner
Partner may be:
- Partner (2007 film), a Bollywood film directed by David Dhawan, starring Salman Khan and Govinda
- Partner (manga), a Japanese Shōjo manga by Miho Obana
- Partner Communications Company, an Israeli wireless telecommunications service provider
- Partners (album), by Scherrie & Susaye
- Partner (horse), a famous Thoroughbred racehorse
- Partners (1982 film), a movie directed by James Burrows, starring Ryan O'Neal and John Hurt
- Partners (2009 film), action movie set in San Francisco
- Partners the Stationer, High Street specialist stationery retailer
- Peugeot Partner The Peugeot Partner is a van and leisure activity vehicle made by the French car manufacturer Peugeot. The van is named Partner and the leisure activity vehicle Partner Combi. In Italy it is known as the Peugeot Ranch, a vehicle made by the French car manufacturer Peugeot
- Honda Orthia, a vehicle made by Honda, also known as Honda Partner
- Partners HealthCare, a not-for-profit healthcare organization in Massachusetts
Television
- Partners (TV series), a TV show that aired from 1995-1996
- Partners (Spider-Man), an episode of Spider-Man: The Animated Series
- Partners (Macgyver), an episode of the TV series MacGyver
- Partners (Renegade), an episode of the TV series Renegade
See also
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:06:29 GMT+00:00
MarketWatch (press release) Functional also reported that preliminary discussions have been initiated with some prospective partners . Further to the quarter end, the Company also ...
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