limited partnership

noun

: a partnership having one or more general partners and one or more limited partners

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Since the company is structured as a limited partnership, owning this stock may complicate your tax return. John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025 Overall, the analyst is bullish on EPD stock and views it as a core master limited partnership holding, having both offensive and defensive characteristics. Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2025 And so, the LP agreement gave these limited partners the ability to negotiate and execute contracts on behalf of the limited partnership. Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 The view from 10,000 feet isn’t exactly attractive—this master limited partnership’s units have been cut by 60% since 2011 amid a volatile longer-term downtrend in the price of propane. Brett Owens, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for limited partnership

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of limited partnership was in 1791

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“Limited partnership.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limited%20partnership. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

Legal Definition

limited partnership

see partnership

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