Meaning & use
minority partner
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Meaning
nouncountablebusiness
a business partner who owns less than half of a company or partnership
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a minority partner' or 'two minority partners'.
Patterns
- be a minority partner in something
She became a minority partner in the law firm after five years.
The minority partner has limited control over major decisions.
He sold his share as a minority partner and left the company.
Word forms
| plural | minority partners |
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Common combinations
- become a minority partner
- After the merger, she became a minority partner in the new firm.
- a minority partner in a firm
- He is a minority partner in a successful accounting firm.
- minority partner stake
- She holds a minority partner stake of 20 percent.
Synonyms and how they differ
- minority shareholder
- Used for someone who owns less than half of a company's shares; 'minority partner' is more common in partnerships.
- limited partner
- A partner with limited liability and usually no management role; not all minority partners are limited partners.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: minority partner or minority interest?
minority partner vs minority interest
Minority interest is the portion of a company owned by minority shareholders; a minority partner is the person who owns that portion.
Practice
What is a minority partner?
Choose one answer.
A minority partner owns less than half of the partnership. 'More than half' would be a majority partner; part-time work and having no role are unrelated to ownership.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “minority partner”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.