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sleeping partner
(redirected from silent partner)

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.04 sec.
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


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