general partner

noun

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

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Chicago Cubs coach and two-time NCAA champion Billy Donovan, Miami Heat managing general partner Micky Arison and longtime NBA referee Danny Crawford round out the rest of the Class of 2025. CBS News, 5 Apr. 2025 Also selected for enshrinement: WNBA great Sue Bird, Chicago Bulls coach and two-time NCAA champion Billy Donovan, Miami Heat managing general partner Micky Arison and longtime NBA referee Danny Crawford. Tim Reynolds, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025 Andrew King is general partner at Bastille Ventures, investing in critical technology furthering national security, and founder of the bipartisan nonprofit Future Union, working with the private sector to combat state espionage. Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025 In this model, the U.S. serves as general partner and joins other institutional investors – including other sovereign wealth funds – to invest in the fund. Patrick J. Schena, The Conversation, 8 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for general partner

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of general partner was in 1887

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“General partner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20partner. Accessed 31 May. 2025.

Legal Definition

general partner

see partner

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