sleeping partner

(British) also silent partner (American & Australian)

someone who is closely involved with a company, and often provides money for it, but is not a manager of it He was an extremely wealthy man, and she was hoping he might become a sleeping partner in their new vineyards.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Glen	GLEN	Scottish, English
Viktoriya	veek-TO-ree-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Nickolas	NIK-ə-ləs	English
Giuliana	joo-LYAH-nah	Italian
Farai	-	Southern African, Shona
Usama	-	Arabic