Phrase guide

joint venture

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A cooperative partnership between two individuals or businesses in which profits and risks are shared.

A cooperative partnership between two or more criminals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A cooperative partnership between two individuals or businesses in which profits and risks are shared.

Any cooperative partnership or agreement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: venture

Narrower terms: foreign direct investment

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sipërmarrje e përbashkët — a cooperative business partnership
  • Arabic: شَرِكَة مُحَاصَّة (šarika muḥāṣṣa) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Armenian: համատեղ ձեռնարկություն (hamateġ jeṙnarkutʻyun) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Azerbaijani: birgə müəssisə — a cooperative business partnership
  • Belarusian: суме́снае прадпрые́мства (sumjésnaje pradpryjémstva) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Belarusian: СП — a cooperative business partnership
  • Bulgarian: съвме́стно предприя́тие (sǎvméstno predprijátie) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Burmese: ဖက်စပ် (hpakcap) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Catalan: aliança d'empreses — a cooperative business partnership
  • Catalan: empresa col·lectiva — a cooperative business partnership
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合資企業 /合资企业 (hézī qǐyè) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合資 /合资 (hézī) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合資公司 /合资公司 (hézī gōngsī) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合營 /合营 (héyíng) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聯營 /联营 (liányíng) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Czech: společný podnik — a cooperative business partnership
  • Czech: joint venture — a cooperative business partnership
  • Danish: joint venture — a cooperative business partnership
  • Dutch: joint venture — a cooperative business partnership
  • Estonian: ühisettevõte — a cooperative business partnership
  • Estonian: ÜE — a cooperative business partnership
  • Finnish: yhteisyritys — a cooperative business partnership
  • Finnish: yhteishanke — a cooperative business partnership
  • Finnish: työyhteenliittymä — a cooperative business partnership
  • French: coentreprise — a cooperative business partnership
  • French: entreprise commune — a cooperative business partnership
  • French: joint-venture — a cooperative business partnership
  • Georgian: ერთობლივი საწარმო (ertoblivi sac̣armo) — a cooperative business partnership
  • German: Joint Venture — a cooperative business partnership
  • German: Gemeinschaftsunternehmen — a cooperative business partnership
  • Greek: κοινοπραξία (koinopraxía) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Hebrew: מֵיזָם מְשֻׁתָּף \ מיזם משותף (meizám m'shutáf) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Hindi: संयुक्त काश्तकार (sãyukt kāśtakār) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Hungarian: vegyes vállalat — a cooperative business partnership
  • Hungarian: közös vállalkozás — a cooperative business partnership
  • Icelandic: sameiginlegt fyrirtæki — a cooperative business partnership
  • Indonesian: usaha patungan — a cooperative business partnership
  • Indonesian: bekerja sama — a cooperative business partnership
  • Indonesian: usaha bersama — a cooperative business partnership
  • Italian: joint venture — a cooperative business partnership
  • Italian: rischio congiunto — a cooperative business partnership
  • Italian: società mista — a cooperative business partnership
  • Japanese: 合弁事業 (gōben jigyō) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Japanese: 合弁企業 (gōben kigyō) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Japanese: 合弁会社 (gōbengaisha) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Japanese: ジョイントベンチャー (jointo benchā) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Kazakh: бірлескен кәсіпорын (bırlesken käsıporyn) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Korean: 합작투자 (hapjaktuja) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Korean: 합작벤처 (hapjakbencheo) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Korean: 조인트 벤처 (jointeu bencheo) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Kyrgyz: биргелешкен ишкана (birgeleşken işkana) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Latvian: kopuzņēmums — a cooperative business partnership
  • Lithuanian: bendroji įmonė — a cooperative business partnership
  • Macedonian: заедничко вложување (zaedničko vložuvanje) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fellesforetak — a cooperative business partnership
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fellesføretak — a cooperative business partnership
  • Iranian Persian: شِرْکَتِ مُشارِکَتی (šerkat-e mošârekati) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Polish: wspólne przedsięwzięcie — a cooperative business partnership
  • Polish: joint venture — a cooperative business partnership
  • Portuguese: empreendimento conjunto — a cooperative business partnership
  • Portuguese: joint venture — a cooperative business partnership
  • Romanian: companie mixtă — a cooperative business partnership
  • Russian: совме́стное предприя́тие (sovméstnoje predprijátije) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Russian: СП — a cooperative business partnership
  • Serbo-Croatian: заједнички потхват — a cooperative business partnership
  • Serbo-Croatian: заједнички подухват — a cooperative business partnership
  • Serbo-Croatian: zajednički pothvat — a cooperative business partnership
  • Serbo-Croatian: zajednički poduhvat — a cooperative business partnership
  • Slovak: spoločný podnik — a cooperative business partnership
  • Slovak: joint venture — a cooperative business partnership
  • Slovene: skupno podjetje — a cooperative business partnership
  • Spanish: empresa / operación conjunta — a cooperative business partnership
  • Spanish: empresa mixta — a cooperative business partnership
  • Spanish: negocio / emprendimiento conjunto — a cooperative business partnership
  • Spanish: alianza comercial — a cooperative business partnership
  • Swedish: samriskföretag — a cooperative business partnership
  • Swedish: samföretag — a cooperative business partnership
  • Swedish: joint venture — a cooperative business partnership
  • Tagalog: sanibang sikap — a cooperative business partnership
  • Tajik: корхонаи муштараки (korxona-yi muštarak-i) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Thai: กิจการร่วมค้า (gìt-jà-gaan-rûuam-káa) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Thai: บริษัทร่วม (bɔɔ-rí-sàt-rûuam) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Turkish: ortak girişim — a cooperative business partnership
  • Ukrainian: спі́льне підприє́мство (spílʹne pidpryjémstvo) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Ukrainian: СП — a cooperative business partnership
  • Urdu: مُشْتَرَکَہ مَنصُوبَہ (muśtaraka mansūba) — a cooperative business partnership
  • Uzbek: qoʻshma korxona — a cooperative business partnership
  • Vietnamese: liên doanh — a cooperative business partnership
  • Vietnamese: doanh nghiệp liên doanh — a cooperative business partnership