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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



... sweater,—the public. Only by its sufferance of the bargain counter and of sweat-shop-made goods has the nuisance existed as long as it has. I am glad I have lived to see the day of its passing, for, unless I greatly mistake, it is at hand now that the old silent partner is going out of ...
— The Battle with the Slum • Jacob A. Riis
... evil-minded gossips in the bank said he was in league with "Old Nick." That, of course, was absurd, for it does not necessarily follow, because a man suggests a means looking to an end, disreputable though it be, that he has Mephistopheles for a silent partner. The conservative element among the employees would not openly venture so far, but rather thought if his satanic majesty and old Sanders ran a race, the former would come in a bad second, if he ...
— The Fifth String, The Conspirators • John Philip Sousa


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