commanditaire

From commandite +‎ -aire.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.mɑ̃.di.tɛʁ/

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commanditaire m (plural commanditaires)

1. a sponsor
2. (informal) a silent partner, a sleeping partner

   Synonym: bailleur de fonds

3. principal, instigator, employer (person who orders a crime, person who hires someone to commit a crime in their stead)

   Near-synonym: donneur d’ordre

   le commanditaire d’un crime ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “commanditaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.