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silent part·ner

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. silent partner, sleeping partnernoun

    a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge

Wiktionary

  1. silent partnernoun

    A partner who is not actively involved in the running of a business

Wikidata

  1. Silent Partner

    Silent Partner: A Memoir of My Marriage is an autobiographical book by Dina Matos McGreevey about her marriage to New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey who made headlines after admitting to an affair with another man. Released on May 1, 2007, the book was Dina Matos McGreevey's response to her husband's autobiography, The Confession.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of silent partner in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of silent partner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of silent partner in a Sentence

  1. Cullen Hightower:

    Our ego is our silent partner--too often with a controlling interest.

  2. Fred Keller:

    The United States intelligence community has reported that the Chinese government hid the threat of COVID-19 and, as a result, made it difficult for the rest of the world to respond early, appropriatelyand aggressively, for reasons beyond understanding, the World Health Organization acted as a silent partner in this effort instead of protecting the lives ofmillionsacross the world, includinghundreds ofthousands of American citizens.


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