Joint ventures can take many forms. A foreign firm may take a majority share, a minority share, or an equal share in ownership.

合资企业可以有许多形式。一家外国公司可以有大部股份，有少数股或者有与其它合伙人同等的股份。

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None other than the U.S. aluminum maker Alcoa contributed a minority share of the cash, some $1.2 billion, to buy the $14 billion Rio stake.

正是美国铝制造商美铝公司贡献了小部分资金，大约12亿，用来收购140亿的力拓股份。

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That works out at a total of $16.2 billion, or $10.5 billion for BP after its minority partners stump up their share.

那么总花费就是162亿美元，或者在其少数合作伙伴付清自己的份额之后，英国石油公司须付105亿美元。

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Marc is a general partner at Elevation, the Silicon Valley private equity firm that took a minority share in Forbes last year.

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