guinea pig director

colloquial dated

(dated, colloquial) A company director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paid for attendance.

Japanese Meaning

（時代遅れで口語的な用法）複数の取締役の役職を持ち、出席料（イングランドではしばしば「ギニー」と呼ばれる料金）を受け取るためだけにその地位にある会社の取締役

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The board appointed a guinea pig director who rarely attended meetings but collected the modest attendance fees.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

理事会は、会議にほとんど出席せず、わずかな出席料を受け取ることを主な目的とする取締役を任命した。

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(dated, colloquial) A company director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paid for attendance.

We wish all men were equally conscientious, and we should get rid of that useless animal, the guinea-pig Director—a greater abomination to good management than which does not exist.

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guinea pig directors

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