general partner

noun

: a partner whose liability for partnership debts and obligations is unlimited

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Against this backdrop, GPT Ventures general partner Javier Pérez, who spent nearly 25 years at Mastercard, sees stablecoins as the next natural step in payments. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 15 July 2026 Halo Fund is co-founded by Utah Jazz and Utah Mammoth owner and Qualtrics founder Ryan Smith and Accel general partner Ryan Sweeney. — Arthur Zackiewicz, Footwear News, 14 July 2026 Also supposedly kicking the tires on Letterboxd is Reddit co-creator Alexis Ohanian, who is founder and general partner of VC firm Seven Seven Six. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 10 July 2026 Edward Jones Ventures, an in-house venture capital arm funded by the firm’s general partners, has backed 15 small businesses since its launch last year. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for general partner

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First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of general partner was in 1887

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