dormant : Idioms & Phrases

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dormant account

  • noun a savings account showing no activity (other than posting interest) for some specified period
    • the dormant account reverted to the state under escheat laws
WordNet

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 ∨ silent partner.
Webster 1913

Dormant window

  • (Arch.), a dormer window. See Dormer.
Webster 1913

lie dormant

  • verb be inactive, as if asleep
    • His work lay dormant for many years
WordNet

Table dormant

  • a stationary table. Obs.
Webster 1913