Определение sleeping partner в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
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
A sleeping partner is a person who provides some of the capital for a business but who does not take an active part in managing the business. someone who owns part of a business but is not actively involved in running it American Equivalent: silent partner