special partner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of special partner
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
Example Sentences
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He was a special partner, no question about that.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025
Knute Kenneth Rockne, famed Notre Dame football coach, prepared to open a broker's office in South Bend's Odd Fellows Hall as South Bend representative and special partner of R. H. Gibson & Co. of Cincinnati.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lately, however, he has been in practical retirement although he is a special partner of Harris, Upham & Co.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Clara Prince, widow of the late Julius Prince and sister-in-law of Broker Theodore Prince, was made a special partner of Theodore Prince & Co.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the concern failed a few years afterwards the books showed that neither special partner was ever entitled to $60,000 as profits.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles
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