secret partner

noun

1. a partner whose name as a member of a firm is not revealed to the public.

Word History and Origins

Origin of secret partner¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

So long as a secret partner keeps the fact of his membership from the public, of course he will not be sued as a member.

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A secret partner is one who keeps the fact of his membership in the partnership from the public.

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The term, dormant partner, is sometimes used synonymously with secret partner.

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A member of a limited partnership can never be a secret partner, since the terms of a limited partnership must be published.

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His old school friend, Ballantyne, forced into bankruptcy the printing firm in which Scott was a secret partner.

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