silent partner
noun
1
: a partner who is known to the public but has no voice in the conduct of a firm's business
2
: secret partner
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Ethical Provision Ventures will act as a silent partner in the acquisition, Johnson says, while Sherpa will take over the company’s leadership and daily operations. 
Andrew Weaver, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2020 On the early Belle and Sebastian albums, the British state sometimes felt (especially to an Anglophilic American teen-ager) like a silent partner, the guarantor underwriting the ambient sense of loose time floating amid the verses. Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 15 May 2022 Both Iran and Russia, with China their silent partner, have strong incentives—and real capabilities—to make this scenario a reality and force the world to lift embargoes against their oil sales. Karen Elliott House, WSJ, 3 May 2022 Duchossois was the silent partner until a fire broke out at Arlington in the early morning hours of July 31, 1984, and reduced the clubhouse and grandstand to a mutilated skeleton of charred and twisted rubble. Neil Milbert, chicagotribune.com, 28 Jan. 2022 Wary of stretching himself thin, Rapoport is now a silent partner at Prezzo, handing over the reins to new managing partner Eddie Pazzuoli (Tavolino Della Notte in Coral Springs) in January 2020. Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Dec. 2021 Zipay became a silent partner in Denali Disposal in 2017 and is not involved in operations or decision-making, according to a statement from the mayor’s office emailed Tuesday. Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2021 Wilkerson: The owners had a silent partner, and there was a lot of infighting even before the pandemic. Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2021 Crosby is buying Burton’s 40% share, and a 20% share held by silent partner Deon Hilger, to become majority owner, Burton said. Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 June 2021 See More
Andrew Weaver, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2020 On the early Belle and Sebastian albums, the British state sometimes felt (especially to an Anglophilic American teen-ager) like a silent partner, the guarantor underwriting the ambient sense of loose time floating amid the verses. Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 15 May 2022 Both Iran and Russia, with China their silent partner, have strong incentives—and real capabilities—to make this scenario a reality and force the world to lift embargoes against their oil sales. Karen Elliott House, WSJ, 3 May 2022 Duchossois was the silent partner until a fire broke out at Arlington in the early morning hours of July 31, 1984, and reduced the clubhouse and grandstand to a mutilated skeleton of charred and twisted rubble. Neil Milbert, chicagotribune.com, 28 Jan. 2022 Wary of stretching himself thin, Rapoport is now a silent partner at Prezzo, handing over the reins to new managing partner Eddie Pazzuoli (Tavolino Della Notte in Coral Springs) in January 2020. Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Dec. 2021 Zipay became a silent partner in Denali Disposal in 2017 and is not involved in operations or decision-making, according to a statement from the mayor’s office emailed Tuesday. Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2021 Wilkerson: The owners had a silent partner, and there was a lot of infighting even before the pandemic. Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2021 Crosby is buying Burton’s 40% share, and a 20% share held by silent partner Deon Hilger, to become majority owner, Burton said. Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 June 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Legal Definition
silent partner
see partner