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Partnership

The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state.

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Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Concern 76% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Contract 76% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Relationship 76% connected

The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.

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Copartnership 76% connected

The state of being a copartner or of having a joint interest in any matter.

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Partner 74% connected

One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b)…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Partner 74% connected

One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b)…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Member part 1

Partner 70% connected

One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b)…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Alignment noun · 80% connection

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…

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Consensus noun · 80% connection

Agreement; accord; consent.

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Consultation noun · 80% connection

The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.

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Cooperation noun · 80% connection

The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.

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Coordination noun · 80% connection

The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the…

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Human relationship noun · 86% connection

a relation between people; (‘relationship’ is often used where ‘relation’ would serve, as in ‘the relationship between inflation and u…

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Sociology, Analysis and evaluation, Family and kinship.
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Annulment noun · 85% connection

(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc.)

Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.
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Caveat noun · 85% connection

(law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing; "a caveat filed against th…

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Law, General law.
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Easement noun · 85% connection

(law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)

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False pretence noun · 85% connection

(law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation

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False pretense noun · 85% connection

(law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation

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Interest noun · 85% connection

(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake…

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Law, General law.
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Invalidation noun · 85% connection

(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc.)

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Objection noun · 85% connection

(law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence…

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Presumption noun · 85% connection

(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

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Principle noun · 85% connection

(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature);…

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Rationale noun · 85% connection

(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature);…

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Recission noun · 85% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.
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Recusation noun · 85% connection

(law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties

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Rescission noun · 85% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

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Spoliation noun · 85% connection

(law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence

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Stake noun · 85% connection

(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake…

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Law, General law.
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Marriage noun · 85% connection

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"

Used in the same subject area: Law, Sociology, Family and kinship.
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Amaryllideous adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the /etals. The…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, partner, fortunes, family.
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Associate verb · 78% connection

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, partner, fortunes, family.
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Associator noun · 78% connection

An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, partner, fortunes, family.
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Cartomancy noun · 78% connection

The art of telling fortunes with cards.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, partner, fortunes, family.
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Chirographist noun · 78% connection

One who tells fortunes by examining the hand.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, partner, fortunes, family.
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Chirography noun · 78% connection

The art of telling fortunes by examining the hand.

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