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Definition of Silent partner
1. Noun. A partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge.
Definition of Silent partner
1. Noun. A partner who is not actively involved in the running of a business ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silent Partner
Literary usage of Silent partner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Partnership by Theophilus Parsons (1870)
"silent partner. This name is properly and generally applied to those who take no
... He is a silent partner, whether his name be made known in any way as a ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Partnership by Theophilus Parsons (1878)
"... by the phrase " silent partner " one who is not known as such, whether active
or otherwise ; thus making the word " silent " synonymous with the word ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Partnership by Theophilus Parsons, Joseph Henry Beale (1893)
"He is a silent partner, whether his name be made known in any way as a ...
It seems to be thought that he only is a silent partner who is silent to the ..."
4. The Monumental City: Its Past History and Present Resources by George Washington Howard (1873)
"... managing partner, in whose name the business should be conducted, Mr. Carroll to
be the silent partner, having a full share ; his whole fortune, ..."
5. A Manual of Partnership Relations: Treating of the Nature, Formation by Thomas Conyngton (1905)
"The term "silent partner" is often used with much the same meaning as "dormant
partner." There is, though, this difference, that a dormant partner must be ..."
6. The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company: Including that of the by George Bryce (1900)
"... the- silent partner— Old Lion of Montreal roused—" Posts of the King "—Schooner
sent to Hudson Bay—Nor'-Westers erect two posts on Hudson Bay—Supreme ..."
7. The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company: Including that of the by George Bryce (1900)
"... the silent partner— Old Lion of Montreal roused—-" Posts of the King "—Schooner
sent to Hudson Bay—Nor'-Westers erect two posts on Hudson Bay—Supreme ..."
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