general partner

noun

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

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Both Thiel and Balaji Srinivasan, then a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, had become friends with Yarvin after reading his blog, though e-mails shared with me revealed that neither was thrilled to be publicly associated with him at the time. Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 Sarah Catanzaro, an investor and general partner at Amplify Partners, agrees. Stephen Pastis, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025 Since 1995, he’s served as a founding general partner at venture-capital firm Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV). Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 June 2025 Day has acted as managing general partner of Hotel Boulderado since 1980. Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 31 Mar. 2025 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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“General partner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20partner. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

Legal Definition

general partner

see partner

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