copartner

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A person who shares the ownership or leadership of a business or activity with at least one other person.

   Grammar: Countable noun; use a/an or the before it, and add -s for more than one: She is a copartner in the firm.

   Patterns

   • a copartner in something
   • copartners in a business

   After ten years as an employee, she became a copartner in the accounting firm.

   The two copartners divided the profits equally at the end of the year.

2. 2nouncountable

   A person who works together with others on a shared task or project.

   Grammar: Countable noun; often followed by in or with to show the shared activity: a copartner in the research.

   Patterns

   • a copartner in something
   • copartner with someone

   As copartners in the charity drive, they organized every detail together.

   He saw himself as a copartner with the community, not just a volunteer.

Word forms

Common combinations

become a copartner

She became a copartner after buying shares in the company.

copartner in a firm

He is a copartner in a small law firm in Boston.

copartners in business

The brothers were copartners in business for over twenty years.

equal copartners

They agreed to be equal copartners, sharing all decisions.

Synonyms and how they differ

partner

The everyday word; use it in most situations, while copartner sounds more formal and legal.

associate

Often suggests a looser or less equal working relationship than a copartner, who shares ownership.

collaborator

Focuses on working together on a project, not on shared ownership of a business.

Word family

copartnership noun

The state or relationship of being copartners.

Commonly confused: copartner or partner?

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