domestic partner
noun
plural domestic partners
1
: a company especially in a developing country that joins in a commercial venture with an international company
2
: either member of an unmarried cohabiting couple especially when considered as to eligibility for spousal benefits
domestic partnership
noun
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Her city initiatives included securing a living wage ordinance, domestic partner benefits for city employees and tenant protections.
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Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Source: Team Business Global | YouTube A German national who was under home detention in New York City on a $5 million bond guaranteed by his domestic partner and children in a case in which he was charged with overseeing a $150 million cryptocurrency fraud is now a fugitive.
—Dan Mangan,mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
If a partnership transfers property to a foreign corporation, the U.S. partners (and not the partnership) must separately file the form with each domestic partner treated as a transferor of its proportionate share of the property.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
In the United States, one in four women have experienced severe violence by a domestic partner, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
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Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Source: Team Business Global | YouTube A German national who was under home detention in New York City on a $5 million bond guaranteed by his domestic partner and children in a case in which he was charged with overseeing a $150 million cryptocurrency fraud is now a fugitive.
—Dan Mangan,mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
If a partnership transfers property to a foreign corporation, the U.S. partners (and not the partnership) must separately file the form with each domestic partner treated as a transferor of its proportionate share of the property.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
In the United States, one in four women have experienced severe violence by a domestic partner, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Domestic partner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domestic%20partner. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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