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SLEEPING PARTNER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sleeping partner mean?
• SLEEPING PARTNER (noun)
The noun SLEEPING PARTNER has 1 sense:
1. a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge
Familiarity information: SLEEPING PARTNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("sleeping partner" is a kind of...):
partner (a person who is a member of a partnership)
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