co-owned; co-owning

transitive verb

: to own (something) along with one or more others
The association will give parties who currently own or co-own multiple teams 18 months to comply with its new policies …Jacob Wolf

Examples of co-own in a Sentence

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The latter, a toy company, co-owns the Transformers brand with Hasbro and used their expertise and technology developed from designing toys of the Autobots and Decepticons to give SORA-Q its transforming capabilities. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 June 2026 Simko co-owned a marijuana business when the suspects attempted to rob the store, accoriding to prosecutors. Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 12 June 2026 The Stars’ future and DFW traffic The biggest reason the Stars are leaving for Plano is a free $700 million, and the chance to co-own a real estate development. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026 Deutsche Bank sees BetMGM, co-owned by MGM and Entain, bringing in about $250 million, Caesars at about $120 million and Penn's theScore Bet at about $83 million. Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 10 June 2026 Caroline Glover, a 2022 James Beard Award-winning chef, co-owns the restaurant Annette and Traveling Mercies, an oyster and cocktail bar in the Stanley Marketplace. Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 10 June 2026 Its latest version was co-owned by Singleton, who died in March, and Napoli, per the outlet. Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 Leonor said her sister and brother, who co-own a banquet hall in the city of Commerce, soon lost a year’s worth of bookings. Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026 Duarte co-owns a vineyard in El Dorado County and helps lead Duarte Nursery in Stanislaus County. Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of co-own was in 1864

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“Co-own.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/co-own. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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