owner-occupier

British

noun

a person who owns or is in the process of buying the house or flat he lives in

"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

Other Word Forms

owner-occupation noun
owner-occupied adjective

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The central bank said the typical owner-occupier coming off a fixed rate will see an 8% jump in their bills as the impact of higher interest rates continues to bite.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

In Gwynedd, Kayleigh Bradbury from Min-Y-Don Holiday Home Park in Harlech said there had been an increase in inquiries and purchases of owner-occupier static caravans this year.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2020

Five years after the problem came to light, the Housing Authority this summer decided to assist the four remaining families in applying for an owner-occupier rehab grant that the city administers.

From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2016

This auction home, for instance, has a 1970s-style avocado bathroom suite, which any owner-occupier would tear out with their bare hands, but Robinson reckons it can stay.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2014

That compares with a 2.14 percent late- payment rate for the 9.9 million of owner-occupier loans.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 9, 2012

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023