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
Pradeep	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali
Widald	-	Ancient Germanic
GaËLle	-	French, Breton
Eva	['i:və]
Erminio	-	Italian
Caris	KAHR-is	English (Rare)