general partner

noun

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

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Meanwhile, fund restructuring transactions enable general partners to retain promising assets while delivering liquidity to limited partners seeking exits. Henri Steenkamp, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 Moving on: Krishnan in late 2020 became a general partner with venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, a prominent backer of Clubhouse. Dan Primack, Axios, 27 Dec. 2024 Di Santi most recently served as managing partner at Echelon Sports Capital Partners and managing general partner at Raptor Sports Capital. Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025 Managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said he's been speaking former and current Yankees for years about the archaic rule against beards set by his late father, George Steinbrenner, nearly half a century ago. David K. Li, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for general partner

Word History

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 3 Apr. 2025.

Legal Definition

general partner

see partner

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