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