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

The Atkins sold the hotel in 2021, and, today, couple Adam Wolbarst and Carmen Rodriguez are co-owners. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026

On Tuesday night, Algomai received a text from his co-owner at Halal Bros 2 Go saying that a letter was being passed out at Southland Mall. — Heath Kalb, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026

White Morrissey will continue to be the co-owner and an adviser but will no longer be in charge of the day-to-day operations of the business. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026

As early as 2016, Alice Huang had also become a co-owner of a financial firm known as Shanghai Hexi, which heavily invests in tech and data centers. — Eamon Javers,paige Tortorelli, CNBC, 12 Nov. 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)