co-owner

noun

co-own·​er ˌkō-ˈō-nər How to pronounce co-owner (audio)
plural co-owners
: a person who owns something along with one or more others
the co-owners of the property
… an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit.Robert Charles Clark
co-ownership noun
co-ownership of property
a co-ownership agreement

Examples of co-owner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Margaret Austin, co-owner, Outline Brooklyn: Comfortable, thoughtful, functional, striped? Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024 Clark Hunt, chairman and co-owner of the Chiefs is a Dallas native who attended college at SMU. Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2024 Executive chef and co-owner Ty Leon heads up the pasta-making program, teaching guests a range of techniques from basic to advanced. Brittany Anas, The Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2024 Newspaper co-owner Joan Meyer, 98, died the day after the raid. Michael Wilner, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024 Antonia Kohl, co-owner of San Francisco’s Ministry of Scent, agrees. Kara McGrath, Allure, 3 Apr. 2024 The dreamy coffee shop is a dream come to life for its four co-owners, including sisters Priya Ghale and Shristi Ghale and husband-and-wife Bishal Suwal and Kriti Malla. Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 25 Mar. 2024 In December of 2023, Guerrero and co-owners Dennis Rodriguez, 43, and Jencarlos Canela, 35, converted what had been a department store (Valsan) into a 30,000-foot pickleball space. Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024 The elder Chambers, a co-owner of the Atlanta Hawks and chair of the board of trustees at Bard College, runs an organic farm in Hillsdale, New York. David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of co-owner was in 1799

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“Co-owner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/co-owner. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

Legal Definition

co-owner

noun
co-own·​er
ˈkō-ˌō-nər
: one of two or more individuals or entities owning property together (as by joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or tenancy by the entirety)

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