joint-stock company |
| noun
- any company in which the capital is formed by the individual contributions of a group of shareholders
| | joint venture |
| noun
- A cooperative partnership between two individuals or businesses in which profits and risks are shared
| junior |
| noun
- a younger person.
- four years his
- a third-year student at a high school or university.
- a name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name. Abbreviation: Jr.
adjective
- younger.
- 1939: w:P. G. Wodehouse, P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred in the Springtime
- : The last man I met who was at school with me, though some years my junior, had a long white beard and no teeth.
- of or pertaining to a third academic year in a high school or university.
| JV |
| initialism (infl, en, initialism)
- Abbreviation for junior varsity.
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