English Dictionary

sleeping partner

名詞

イギリス英語

(UK) A business partner who doesn't play an active role in running the day-to-day operations of a business, who instead, finances the business in the form of capital investment.

日本語の意味

日々の業務運営には参加せず、資本投資を通じて事業に資金を提供するビジネスパートナー / 実際の経営活動に積極的にかかわらず、投資者として支援するパートナー

Although she was listed as a sleeping partner, Maria provided the capital that allowed the café to open and expected a share of the profits.

経営には関与しない出資者として名を連ねていた彼女は、カフェの開業資金を提供し、利益の分配を期待していた。

意味（1）

(UK) A business partner who doesn't play an active role in running the day-to-day operations of a business, who instead, finances the business in the form of capital investment.

Somewhat later, the Frenchman Charles Fourier was ridiculed for expecting day by day the sleeping-partner to turn up who would invest in his Phalanstère plan, which was based on ideas very similar to those sponsored by one of the greatest contemporary experts on finance.

sleeping partners （ plural ）