co-owner

noun

co-own·​er ˌkō-ˈō-nər 

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

ˌkō-ˈō-nər-ˌship 

noun

co-ownership of property

a co-ownership agreement

Examples of co-owner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Education and youth programs have become a focus of the ranch led by co-owner Nakisha Brown, Chris Brown’s wife. — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Speaking on the latest episode of Sportico Sports Business Presented by Endava, which debuts Thursday night on YES Network, Cowboys co-owner and COO Stephen Jones spoke at length about the team’s development ambitions. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2026

While the application mentions a swimming pool, SR co-owner Doug Smolev told The Courant that that is not planned. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026

The most obvious cri de coeur would be for the struggling family farm or animal welfare, but Karen Espersen and Dave Bilinski, the farm’s co-owners, made a surprising appeal to health science. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for co-owner

• homeowner
• landowner
• shipowner
• donor
• kroner
• kronor
• loner
• owner
• stoner
• toner

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)