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
Kasey	KAY-see	English
Dagny	DAHNG-nuy (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Nagendra	-	Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Reuel	ROO-əl (English)	Biblical
Vance	VANTS	English
Michael	MIE-kəl (English), MI-khah-el (German), MEE-kah-el (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek