owner has definitions from the fields of work,business
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[ noun ] (work,business) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

Synonyms

proprietor

Examples

"he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

A formula to supply players for the new Minneapolis_Vikings and the problem of increasing the 1961 schedule to fourteen games will be discussed by National_Football_League owners at a meeting at the Hotel_Warwick today .

The owners would_like each club in the fourteen team league to play a home and home series with teams in its division , plus two games against teams in the other division .

(Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)

It is possible , of_course , to work_on extant or projected buildings where either architect or owner will explain their necessities so_that the student may get `` the feel '' of real interior_design demands .

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

These publications , written especially for the managers or owners of small businesses , indirectly aid in community development programs .

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

In the fall of 1878 , the `` Popular_Telegraph_Line '' was established between Manchester and Factory_Point by the owners , Paul_W._Orvis , Henry_Gray , J._N._Hard , and Clark_J._Wait .

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[ noun ] a person who owns something

Synonyms

possessor

Examples

"they are searching for the owner of the car" "who is the owner of that friendly smile?"

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

There remained a family named Kahler , owners of a two story Tudor style house on the south_side of the Andrus home .

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