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"partnership" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often alliance (8 letters).
Definitions
A working or legal relationship in which people or groups cooperate.
Word origin
From partner + -ship. Cognate with Danish partnerskab, Dutch partnerschap, German Partnerschaft, Norwegian Bokmål partnerskap, Norwegian Nynorsk partnerskap, Swedish partnerskap, and West Frisian partnerskip.
Used in a sentence
“scientists working in close partnership with colleagues overseas”
“forge a partnership”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Business alliance”11 letters
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