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SILENT PARTNER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does silent partner mean?

• SILENT PARTNER (noun)
The noun SILENT PARTNER has 1 sense:

1. a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge

Familiarity information: SILENT PARTNER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SILENT PARTNER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

silent partner; sleeping partner

Hypernyms ("silent partner" is a kind of...):

partner (a person who is a member of a partnership)

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