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co-owner

American  
[koh-ohn-er] / ˈkoʊˌoʊn ər /

noun

co-owners plural
  1. someone who shares ownership of something with one or more other people.


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The restaurant's co-owner, 75-year-old Hiroko Ogata, had just walked in.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Just hours after Bhatia's interest in Liverpool emerged, the London-born 46-year-old stepped down from his role as a director and co-owner of English Championship side QPR.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

He was a director and co-owner of QPR before his unexpected departure on Tuesday, and a stand at Loftus Road bears his surname.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Mark Prinzinger, co-owner of a sports bar in Philadelphia, made extensive preparations for the tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

And Mr. Griswold’s past as co-owner of Hollister’s bookstore.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

The reason: “You have willfully and deliberately failed to report to ‘in-person’ work,” the other co-owners wrote in a termination letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

In 2024, one of the shop’s co-owners tried to get a new license under a slightly different name, Chambered Custom Firearms, and the ATF blocked him, noting his past role with the revoked store.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2026

That’s not the Hollywood ending co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney were hoping to happen, but it certainly fits the plot the two actors created when they bought the team five years ago.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

This flawed strategy, led by co-owners Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly, resulted in Chelsea appointing a promising 41-year-old manager, inevitably out of his depth at this unwieldy football beast.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

This is called a negative community to distinguish it from affirmative ownership by co-owners.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe

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