silent/sleeping partner

silent/sleeping partner
silent/sleeping partner
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  • sleeping partner — ➔ partner1 * * * sleeping partner UK US noun [C] UK FINANCE ► SILENT PARTNER(Cf. ↑silent partner): »Morrow was the sleeping partner behind many of these successful ventures …   Financial and business terms

  • sleeping partner — sleeping partners N COUNT A sleeping partner is a person who provides some of the capital for a business but who does not take an active part in managing the business. [BRIT] (in AM, use silent partner) …   English dictionary

  • sleeping partner — n BrE someone who owns part of a business but is not actively involved in running it American Equivalent: silent partner …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sleeping partner — noun count BRITISH a SILENT PARTNER …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sleeping partner — n. Brit. term for SILENT PARTNER …   English World dictionary

  • sleeping partner — noun a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge • Syn: ↑silent partner • Hypernyms: ↑partner * * * noun, pl ⋯ ners [count] Brit : ↑silent partner * * * ˌsleeping ˈpartner [ …   Useful english dictionary

  • sleeping partner — Dormancy Dor man*cy, n. [From {Dormant}.] The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance. [1913 Webster] It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . . very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people. Burke. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sleeping partner — noun 1. /slipɪŋ ˈpatnə / (say sleeping pahtnuh) → silent partner. 2. /ˈslipɪŋ patnə / (say sleeping pahtnuh) a person with whom one has regular sexual intercourse …  

  • sleeping partner — noun a business partner who doesnt play an active role in running the day to day operations of a business, who instead, finances the business in the form of capital investment Syn: silent partner …   Wiktionary

  • sleeping partner — noun Date: circa 1785 chiefly British silent partner …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sleeping partner — Brit. See silent partner. [1775 85] * * * …   Universalium

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