sleeping partner

Domain: Universal Words

(BrE) (AmE silent partner) noun a person who has put money into a business company but who is not actually involved in running it

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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sleeping partnerEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus sleeping partnerEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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sleeping partner