What's the difference between crony and partner?

Crony


Definition:

  • (n.) A crone.
  • (n.) An intimate companion; a familiar frend

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As for the speaker in parliament Thura Shwe Mann, a former general, he has formed an improbable alliance with Aung San Suu Kyi, on the assumption that she might help him thwart the plans of his former cronies.
  • (2) Tony Abbott would put those same premiers in charge of the national environment with his plan to hand off federal environmental approval powers to his state cronies – an environmental disaster waiting to happen."
  • (3) However, Lord Oakeshott, a prominent Liberal Democrat peer, said honours "for Cameron's cronies and Osborne's donors dishonour the system", while John Mann, Labour MP for Bassetlaw, also criticised some of the awards, saying the "same old politicians' cronies are discrediting the honours system" adding "it's not what you know but who you know".
  • (4) From Tory philosopher Phillip Blond 's attacks on "individualism", to Tory MP Jesse Norman's criticism of monopolistic " crony capitalism ", to Ferdinand Mount – once head of Thatcher's Downing Street policy unit – worrying about the concentration of wealth among " the new few ", there is strengthening disquiet at some of the forces the 80s set in motion.
  • (5) Cameron and his cronies may have just been "born this way", but when they could choose to be on the side of women they simply haven't.
  • (6) He also claimed that David Cameron's party and its "cronies" were trying to create financial panic to frighten people into voting for them.
  • (7) The oil boom of the past few years has made the Aliyev family and its cronies extremely wealthy and the regime will do its utmost to keep power.
  • (8) The unprecedented rise in the cost of living and the deplorable state of hospitals have put the people in the exact position that Museveni and his cronies want them to be – a place where many are too worried about their next meal to care about abstract political ideas and rights.
  • (9) In Uncommon Danger, the representatives of communism and what Zaleshoff calls "moderate radicalism" but Kenton himself would probably think of as basic human decency are pitted against the agents of capital and fascism: Balterghen, Saridza and their many cronies.
  • (10) At an even slower pace, they seized the assets of half a dozen crony companies and recovered most of the coconut levy.
  • (11) He would face a predictable volley of criticism from Conservative-leaning papers who didn't like the idea of a former Blair toiler – or "labour crony" in Mail speak – at No 10 ruling the corporation they love to hate.
  • (12) New Labour had created a kind of "crony capitalism", he said.
  • (13) Nick Clegg has used his first intervention of the new year to map out a crackdown on "crony capitalism", vowing to take action against company tax avoidance, excessive executive pay and irresponsible capitalism.
  • (14) Unlike many crony capitalists who troll the halls of Congress looking for favors, the Kochs have consistently lobbied against special-interest politics.” Touching on a key plank of his attempted appeal to liberal voters , Paul continues: “[The Kochs] have always stood for freedom, equality and opportunity.
  • (15) Further revelations are expected as more US court documents are unsealed and the arrest and extradition process continues The Tory MP Damian Collins, a prime mover in the New Fifa Now campaign, said on Sunday: “We know Blatter will do all he can to try to retain influence over Fifa to protect himself and his cronies.
  • (16) Bell has always been described as "close to New Labour", though nobody would ever be rude enough to call him a crony.
  • (17) Zardari and his cronies in the presidency are immersed in all aspects of the government, as the regular press releases issued from his office make clear, with updates on him dealing with everything from flood control measures to foreign affairs.
  • (18) The two groups are also working to lift the ban on oil exports and to end funding for the US government’s Export-Import Bank, which they deem an example of “crony capitalism”.
  • (19) Borders campaigner Graeme Steel said: "Anyone else would be called a criminal for defying a judge but Alex Salmond and his Big Wind cronies think they can keep get away with it.
  • (20) It’s for crony capitalists to be able suck off of them.” If you think that sounds obscene, wait until you get to the part about slurping off the gravy train.

Partner


Definition:

  • (n.) One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b) Either one of a couple who dance together. (c) One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business.
  • (n.) An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See Partnership.
  • (n.) A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like.
  • (v. t.) To associate, to join.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But if you want to sustain a long-term relationship, it's important to try to develop other erotic interests and skills, because most partners will expect and demand that.
  • (2) • This article was amended on 1 September 2014 because an earlier version described Platinum Property Partners as a buy-to-let mortgage lender.
  • (3) He said Germany was Russia’s most important economic partner, and pointed out that 35% of German gas originated in Russia.
  • (4) The move to an alliance model is not only to achieve greater scale and reach, although growing from 15 partner organisations to 50 members is not to be sniffed at.
  • (5) The law would let people find out if partners had a history of domestic violence but is likely to face objections from civil liberties groups.
  • (6) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
  • (7) BT Sport went down this route, appointing Channel 4 Sales, the TV ad sales house that represents the broadcaster and partners including UKTV.
  • (8) Furthermore, these data support our previous suggestion that the expression of human lymphoid differentiation antigens in human-mouse lymphoid hybrids is influenced by the differentiation stage of the fusion partners.
  • (9) The arrest of the Washington Post’s Tehran correspondent Jason Rezaian and his journalist wife, Yeganeh Salehi, as well as a photographer and her partner, is a brutal reminder of the distance between President Hassan Rouhani’s reforming promises and his willingness to act.
  • (10) Simon Cross, 46, his partner Lizzy Gilliland, 42, and their son Gabriel, two, from Nottingham, expressed the views of many attending.
  • (11) France has given £34m and we have got to get our partners to make a step change.
  • (12) "This will obviously be a sensitive topic for the US administration, but partners in the transatlantic alliance must be clear on common rules of engagement in times of conflict if we are to retain any moral standing in the world," Verhofstadt said.
  • (13) It was only up to jurors to decide if the hotel owner, West End Hotel Partners, and former operator, Windsor Capital Group, should share in the blame.
  • (14) We continue to work closely with Pacific partner countries and regional organisations to build resilience and manage the impacts of climate change on economic development.” Aluka Rakin, director of Youth to Youth in Health in Majuro, said the organisation’s clinic is falling apart.
  • (15) The women used a variety of resources, and their partners were particularly helpful.
  • (16) Black males with low intentions to use condoms reported significantly more negative attitudes about the use of condoms (eg, using condoms is disgusting) and reacted with more intense anger when their partners asked about previous sexual contacts, when a partner refused sex without a condom, or when they perceived condoms as interfering with foreplay and sexual pleasure.
  • (17) The wives and girlfriends who were originally invited to accompany their playing partners on the World Cup tour have had their invitations formally rescinded.
  • (18) The two of them broke up with their partners and in 1974 they married.
  • (19) The concordance, sensitivity, and specificity of proxy reports about partners' occupation, smoking, and drinking were examined in relation to self-reports.
  • (20) Top 10 Arpad Cseh Senior investment director, UBS Alice La Trobe Weston Executive director, head of European credit research, MSIM Morgan Stanley Katie Garrett Executive director, senior engineer, Goldman Sachs Alix Ainsley, Charlotte Cherry H R director, group operations (job share), Lloyds Banking Group Matt Dawson Director for business development, The Instant Group Angela Kitching, Hannah Pearce Head of external affairs (job share), Age UK Morwen Williams Head of newsgathering operations, BBC Georgina Faulkner Head of Sky multisports, Sky Maggie Stilwell Managing partner for talent, UK & Ireland, EY Sarah Moore Partner, PwC