单词 | dormant partner |
释义 | > as lemmasdormant partner b. dormant commission, dormant credit, dormant warrant, dormant writing, etc., one drawn out in blank to be filled up with a name or particulars, when required to be used; dormant partner, a ‘sleeping’ partner, who takes no part in the working of a concern. ΚΠ 1551 Househ. Acc. Eliz. in Camden Misc. 34 Paid..unto James Russell, by warrante dormaunte..xx. s. c1614 C. Cornwallis in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 148 The warrant dormant, which all Leiger Ambassadors have, to propound and discourse of all things, which they think may tend to the encreasing of amity. 1662 A. Marvell Let. 1 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 249 That you would send us up a dormant credit for an hundred pound. 1679–88 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) (Camden) 101 For charge of passing a dormant privy seale, 12li 8s, and of dormant l'res patents, 30li 2s 2d. 1714 J. Swift Some Free Thoughts upon Present State Affairs (1741) 31 A Power was given of chusing dormant Viceroys. 1716 J. Addison Free-holder No. 36 He likewise signed a dormant Commission for another to be his High-Admiral. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Dormant Dormant partner, in commerce and manufactories, a partner who takes no share in the active business of a company or partnership... He is called also sleeping partner. 1842 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. ii. ii. v. 152 Partners thus unknown to the public, are said to be dormant. < as lemmas |
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