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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Power Slap, co-owned by UFC's Dana White, would like Power Spank to stop using that name. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026 Code enforcement records list Crystal Nicholas’ husband Michael as co-owning the property. — Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026 Marc Oestreich co-owns Crane+Grey and is founder of the American Capacity Project. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026 Though River was officially pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the actor spent the night of his death at the Viper Room — a West Hollywood nightclub on the Sunset Strip that was, at the time, co-owned by Johnny Depp. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for co-own

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 14 Nov. 2026.

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