sleeping partner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A business partner who doesn't play an active role in running the day-to-day operations of a business, who instead, finances the business in the form of capital investment.

Word forms

sleeping partner sleeping partners sleeping-partner

Synonyms

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