silent partner
silent partner · silent partners
stiller Gesellschafter, stiller Teilhaber
A partner who is not actively involved in the running of a businessA partner who is not actively involved in the running of a business.
Meaning
2 sensesA partner who is not actively involved in the running of a business.
a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see silent, partner.
Forms
plural: silent partners| Singular | silent partner |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge:sleeping partner
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.