Rome, that ne'er knew three lordly heads before, First fell by
fatal partnership of power.
Rowe.
He does possession keep, And is too wise to hazard partnership.
Dryden.
3. An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution of an
undertaking or a business on joint account; a company; a firm; a house;
as, to form a partnership.
4. (Law) A contract between two or more competent persons for joining
together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them,
under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profit
between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade,
business, or adventure. Kent. Story.
Community of profit is absolutely essential to, though not necessary
the test of, a partnership.