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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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Because she is a co-owner of the property, her financial interests and your cousin’s aren’t necessarily aligned.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

"Local ice is more economical, but Kuramoto Ice is clearer, denser and melts more slowly," co-owner Yong Wei told AFP.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Stanislav Zavertaylo, co-owner of the popular Zavertailo chain, told the BBC that this was his third café to have been damaged since the start of the full-scale invasion.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Influential co-owner Behdad Eghbali also publicly acknowledged the need to "tweak the model", improve decision-making and learn from mistakes.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

He is not a rich man, but he is the co-owner of a small trinket factory, making knickknacks from copper, brooches and rings and bracelets and statues.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

A Bramshill representative said Nieporte’s claims were built on fabricated accusations and that it expects the legal process to affirm that neither it nor the co-owners engaged in wrongful conduct.

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

“We’ve pretty much been doing nothing but ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ parties,” Dana Marie Lazzareschi, one of the co-owners of Funky Divas & Dudes, says.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

Wrexham's Hollywood co-owners say their long-term ambition is to increase the club's stadium capacity to as much as 55,000.

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

The shares of the co-owners are known as "pesos de posesión," "dollars of possession," corresponding to the value given them at some remote period.

From Santo Domingo A Country with a Future by Otto Schoenrich

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