sleeping partner



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.
See also: partner, sleep

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KaseyKAY-seeEnglish
DagnyDAHNG-nuy (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Nagendra-Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
ReuelROO-əl (English)Biblical
VanceVANTSEnglish
MichaelMIE-kəl (English), MI-khah-el (German), MEE-kah-el (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek