partner
/ˈpɑɹt.nɚ/ noun A1- Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.
- Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest. · business partner· dance partner
- A member of a business or law partnership.
- A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic, or sexual bond.
- Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
- Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
- One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.
- A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.
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“If I were sole owner we’d shake hands on it now, my dear Dantès, and call it settled; but I have a partner, and you know the Italian proverb—Chi ha compagno ha padrone—‘He who has a partner has a master.’ But the thing is at least half done, as you have one out of two votes.
“I will take the first share,” he said, “because I am King: and the second share, as a partner with you in the chase: and the third share (believe me) will be a source of great evil to you, unless you willingly resign it to me, and set off as fast as you can.”
Having secured a large booty, the Lion on their return from the forest asked the Ass to allot his due portion to each of the three partners in the treaty.
He had prospered well, and Barker had first met him in California, where they had become partners in a successful mining claim at a place called Benito Canyon.
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