Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleeping partner

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables
sleep-ing -part-ner
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

British usage

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

sleeping partners (plural) sleeping-partner (alternative)

Synonyms

silent partner

Questions

What does sleeping partner mean?
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.

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