(UK, Irish) 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.
(UK, Irish) 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.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(informal, dialect, mostly, US, mostly, as a term of address) A partner.
A local community banking co-op, often set up as an initiative for a social group unable to get formal credit or bank accounts, notably West Indians in Britain.
(slang) Inattentive.
In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
(informal, dialect, mostly, US, mostly, as a term of address) A friend or companion.