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homeowner

American  
[hohm-oh-ner] / ˈhoʊmˌoʊ nər /

noun

  • homeowners
    plural
  1. a person who owns a home.


homeowner British  
/ ˈhəʊmˌəʊnə /

noun

  1. a person who owns the house in which he or she lives

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of homeowner

First recorded in 1940–45; home + owner

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A homeowner planting one today might wait more than a decade to sit in its shade.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

In June 2026, the average single-family homeowner with a mortgage paid a record high of $209 per month for insurance, or about $2,500 a year.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

It would cap assistance at $25,000 per homeowner or property.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

New Mexico’s Insurance Superintendent Alice Kane recently told state lawmakers that insurers declined to renew more than 6,200 homeowner policies in 2025, the highest number ever.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Caroline, by then a homeowner herself with a one-year-old—a young Mrs. Richardson—joined the integration association immediately.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Altadena Green estimates that west Altadena lost roughly 70% of its tree canopy in the Eaton fire, and the losses haven’t stopped, with developers and homeowners continuing to clear what’s left.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

What drives that call option for mortgage bonds is how close current interest rates are to the actual mortgage rate of the homeowners whose loans back the mortgage bonds, and daily volatility for interest rates.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

Higher credit card rates could add a financial strain on homeowners, possibly leading to more mortgage delinquencies, said First American chief economist Mark Fleming.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Many US homeowners have 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, and changes to interest rates will not impact their monthly repayments.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

They took giant pools of home loans and carved up the payments made by homeowners into pieces, called tranches.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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