See Also: Tight money or dear money(finance)
Fowl(medicine)
fowl(2)(dictionary)
fowl(1)(dictionary)
fowl(dictionary)
sea fowl(medicine)
game fowl(medicine)
fowl leukosis(medicine)
fowl diphtheria(medicine)
fowl cholera(medicine)

Partnership agreement (money) and fowl(1) (iou)


Partnership agreement (money)


Definition: [crh] A written agreement among partners detailing the terms and conditions of participation in a business ownership arrangement.







fowl(1) (iou)



fowl noun. Pl. same, -s.
[Old English fugol = Old Frisian fugel, Old Saxon fugal, Old High German fogal (Dutch vogel, German Vogel), Old Norse fugl, Gothic fugls, from Germanic, from base of FLY verb.]
A bird. arch. exc. as 2nd elem. of comb. (see below). OE.
domestic fowl: see DOMESTIC adjective 2. game-fowl: see GAME noun. guinea-fowl: see GUINEA 1. WATERFOWL. WILDFOWL.
E. Topsell To defend them from Eagles, and Other ravening Fowls. Milton Beasts of chase, or fowl of game In pastry built.
b. spec. A game-bird. M17-M18.
Evelyn Sometimes we shot at fowls and Other birds.
A domestic cock or hen; any of various gallinaceous birds chiefly kept for eggs and flesh. Also US, a domestic duck or turkey. ME.
Surrey fowl: see SURREY noun1 2.
D. L. Sayers I had half a dozen fowls to kill and pluck.
In pl. Winged creatures. LME-M17.
T. Gage Battes, or Rear-mice and Other fowle.
a. gen. The flesh of fowl, esp. as Food. Now only in fish, flesh, and fowl. L16.
b. spec. The flesh of a domestic cock or hen considered as Food. M19.
I. M. Beeton The remains of cold roast fowl.
Comb.: fowl CHOLERA; fowl leucosis: see LEUCOSIS 2; fowl-paralysis = MAREK'S DISEASE; fowl pest (a) = fowl plague below; (b) = NEWCASTLE disease; fowl plague an acute, highly contagious, and usually fatal virus disease affecting poultry; fowl pox a virus disease of poultry in which lesions appear on the feather-free parts of the body, or on the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose, or throat; fowl-run an enclosure for fowls; a breeding establishment for fowls.