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 sleeping partner
 隱名合夥人

 Sleep·ing, a. & n. from Sleep.
 Sleeping car, a railway car or carrriage, arranged with apartments and berths for sleeping.
 Sleeping partner Com., a dormant partner. See under Dormant.
 Sleeping table Mining, a stationary inclined platform on which pulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle.
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 Dor·man·cy n.  The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.
    It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . . very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people.   --Burke.
 2. Her. In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant.
 Dormant partner Com., a partner who takes no share in the active business of a company or partnership, but is entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share in losses; -- called also sleeping partner or silent partner.
 Dormant window Arch., a dormer window. See Dormer.
 Table dormant, a stationary table. [Obs.]
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 sleeping partner
      n : a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association
          with the enterprise is not public knowledge [syn: silent
          partner]