a business partner who has no management authority and no personal liability
Examples of 'limited partner' in a sentence
limited partner
Members will also be able to participate as limited partners in global funds.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The poor old limited partners who stump up the cash pay all the bills.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The taxpayers were limited partners in various limited partnerships.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Structuring the funds in this way benefits the so-called limited partners - investors, including pension funds - rather than buyout executives themselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They devised the model of general and limited partners, and the idea of recruiting institutional investors for a series of funds to back leveraged buyouts.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But that means paying huge prices, and putting at risk the returns they have promised their limited partners.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Limited partners are the poor saps who put up most of the money, the mutual funds, pension funds and individuals who invest.