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secret partner
noun
- a partner whose name as a member of a firm is not revealed to the public.
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Origin of secret partner1
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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.
A secret partner is one who keeps the fact of his membership in the partnership from the public.
The term, dormant partner, is sometimes used synonymously with secret partner.
A member of a limited partnership can never be a secret partner, since the terms of a limited partnership must be published.
His old school friend, Ballantyne, forced into bankruptcy the printing firm in which Scott was a secret partner.
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