participation

noun

1. an act or instance of participating.
2. the fact of taking part, as in some action or attempt: participation in a celebration.
3. a sharing, as in benefits or profits: participation in a pension plan.

adjective

4. of or relating to a venture characterized by more than one person, bank, or company participating in risk or profit: a participation loan.

n.late 14c., from Old French participacion (13c.) and directly from Late Latin participationem (nominative participatio) “partaking,” noun of action from past participle stem of Latin participare “participate in, share in, partake of; to make partaker, to share, impart,” from particeps (genitive participis) “partaker, comrade, fellow soldier,” also, as an adjective, “sharing, partaking,” from pars (genitive partis) “part” (see part (n.)) + -cip-, weak form of stem of capere “to take” (see capable).