sleeping partner 隐名合伙人
[经] 不参与经营的合伙人, 有限责任合伙人
sleeping partner[ noun ]
a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge
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Sleeping \Sleep"ing\,
a. & n. from {Sleep}.
{Sleeping car}, a railway car or carrriage, arranged with
apartments and berths for sleeping.
{Sleeping partner} (Com.), a dormant partner. See under
{Dormant}.
{Sleeping table} (Mining), a stationary inclined platform on
which pulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle.
Dormancy \Dor"man*cy\, n. [From {Dormant}.]
The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.
It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . . very
rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a
people. --Burke.
2. (Her.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; --
distinguished from {couchant}.
{Dormant partner} (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the
active business of a company or partnership, but is
entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share
in losses; -- called also {sleeping partner} or {silent
partner}.
{Dormant window} (Arch.), a dormer window. See {Dormer}.
{Table dormant}, a stationary table. [Obs.] --Chaucer.