relation,relationship or partnership?

[hooootdog]

i am confused about the use of the 3 words. suppose our company hopes to do business with another one, then can i say "we hope to develop a business partnership with you."? or should i say "we hope to develop business relation with you." or " we hope to develop a business reationship with you."?
thanks!

[hooootdog]

A business partnership is one where the risks and rewards are shared by the companies involved in the partnership.

A business relationship is one where one company buys from, sells to, or somehow supports another company.

The term, business relation, wouldn't work, given the way that you have explained it.

thank you for the explaination. so to establish a relationship is ok and to establish a business relation is not acceptable.is that so?