society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > partner > not named in title (5)
After one or more personal names in the title of a firm, usually (now always) in and Company: the partner or partners whose names are not…
a company engaged wholly or mainly in trade.
= company, n. (sense 5c).
= company, n.; esp. in the sense: the partners or members of a firm whose names do not appear in the style or title.