Definition of sleeping partner in US English:
sleeping partner
nounslipɪŋ ˈpɑrtnərslēpiNG ˈpärtnər
British another term for silent partner
Example sentencesExamples
- But wouldn't a publication dealing with the sleeping partners and fashion sense of the far left be a brilliant idea?
- Unfortunately, when Indian partners, who have relatively less to bring to the table, turn out to be more like sleeping partners than active ones, they lose out.
- As a sleeping partner in this company, I am called on to advise as to how to manage your life despite leaving everything until the last second.
- We also have the option of a sleeping partner, who is willing to invest 50% of the cost.
- Both widows and spinsters were prominent in property ownership and in financing businesses as sleeping partners.
- They prefer not to be in the limelight but are very interested parties - and by no means sleeping partners in this deal.
- We don't intend to be the sleeping partner in Japan.