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Silent partner   /sˈaɪlənt pˈɑrtnər/   Listen
noun
Partner  n.  
1.
One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Hence:
(a)
A husband or a wife.
(b)
Either one of a couple who dance together.
(c)
One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business. "My other self, the partner of my life."
2.
(Law) An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See Partnership.
3.
pl. (Naut.) A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like.
Dormant partner, or Silent partner. See under Dormant, a.
Synonyms: Associate; colleague; coadjutor; confederate; partaker; participator; companion; comrade; mate.


adjective
Silent  adj.  
1.
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. "How silent is this town!"
2.
Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative. "Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most silent of men." "This new-created world, whereof in hell Fame is not silent."
3.
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.
4.
(Pron.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."
5.
Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. (R.) "Cause... silent, virtueless, and dead."
Silent partner. See Dormant partner, under Dormant.
Synonyms: Mute; taciturn; dumb; speechless; quiet; still. See Mute, and Taciturn.





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"Silent partner" Quotes from Famous Books



... of 1825-6, he was largely involved. As a silent partner in the publishing house of the Ballantynes, and as connected with them in the affairs of Constable & Co., he found himself, by the failure of these houses, legally liable to the amount of L117,000. To relieve himself, he might have taken the benefit of the bankrupt law; ...
— English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History - Designed as a Manual of Instruction • Henry Coppee
... reading world seem to think them to have been the original partners in the republic of letters. Indeed, for some absurd reason or other, the opinion is even yet quite prevalent that one of the original concern has been a silent partner, though not a sleeping one, in every printing establishment since. The proposition, to this extent, is certainly inadmissible; and yet, from the moral condition of a large portion of the press, it must be confessed ...
— Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various
... up—commissions from the stores, selling second-hand clothes and shoes, and so on. So when Cousin Mabel had this chance to buy out the Madame Ritz Beauty Parlors, where she'd been forelady for so long, I could furnish half the capital and go in as a silent partner." ...
— Wilt Thou Torchy • Sewell Ford


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